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  1.                                          ANDORRA 
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  3.                                            C3 
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  9.         OFFICIAL NAME:Principality of Andorra.
  10.         LOCATION:between France and Spain, in Pyrenees Mountains.
  11.         LAT/LONG:42.3N/1.3E
  12.         CONTINENT:Europe.
  13.         ZONES-ITU:27  CQ:14
  14.         TIME:+1 Hr.
  15.         AREA:174 Sq.M.  450 Sq.Km.
  16.         POPULATION:47,973  DENSITY:276/Sq.M.  (106/Sq.Km.)  AAGR:3.19%
  17.         LITERACY RATE:100%
  18.         TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:co-principality under formal sovereignty of President
  19.         of France and Spanish Bishop of Seo de Urgel, who are represented 
  20.         locally by officials called verguers.
  21.         CAPITAL:Andorra la Vella
  22.         LANGUAGES:Catalan is official; French and Castilian also widely spoken.
  23.         RELIGION:nearly all Roman Catholic.
  24.         CURRENCY:French franc and Spanish peseta.
  25.         MAJOR INDUSTRIES:tourism, sheep, timber, tobacco.
  26.         AGRICULTURE:sheep; small quantities of tobacco, rye, wheat, barley, 
  27.         oats, and vegetables.
  28.         EXPORTS:negligible; some electric power is exported, mainly to France 
  29.         and Spain.
  30.         TELECOMMUNICATIONS:12,800 telephones; 1 AM station.
  31.         MISC:Andorra is a landlocked nation. Its present unique political 
  32.         status of joint sovereignty dates from 1278. 2% of the land is arable. 
  33.         The terrain is mostly rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys. Its
  34.         climate is temperate; snowy, cold winters with cool, dry summers.
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  36.         (FOR US OPS-3rd party:no  ROA:no)
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