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  2.                                          BERMUDA 
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  4.                                            VP9 
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  8.         OFFICIAL NAME:Bermuda.
  9.         LOCATION:Atlantic Ocean, due east of North Carolina.
  10.         LAT/LONG:32N/64W
  11.         CONTINENT:North America.
  12.         ZONES-ITU:11  CQ:5
  13.         TIME:-4 Hrs.
  14.         AREA:19 Sq.M.  50 Sq.Km.
  15.         POPULATION:58,033  DENSITY:3,054/Sq.M.  (1,179/Sq.Km.)  AAGR:0.18%
  16.         LIFE EXPECTANCY:Men 69  Women 76
  17.         LITERACY RATE:98%
  18.         TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:British dependent territory.
  19.         CAPITAL:Hamilton.
  20.         LANGUAGE:English.
  21.         RELIGIONS:37% Anglican, 14% Roman Catholic, 10% African Methodist 
  22.         Episcopal (Zion), 6% Methodist, 5% Seventh-Day Adventist, 28% other.
  23.         CURRENCY:Bermuda dollar.
  24.         GDP:$1,148.1 million (1985-86)  ($19,800 per capita)  
  25.         REAL GROWTH RATE:1.1% (1983-84)  AVERAGE INFLATION RATE:3.8% (1984-85).
  26.         MAJOR INDUSTRIES:tourism, finance, structural concrete products, 
  27.         paints, perfumes, furniture.
  28.         AGRICULTURE:main products-bananas, vegetables, Easter lilies, dairy 
  29.         products, citrus fruits.
  30.         EXPORTS:semitropical produce, light manufacturing.  ($38 million).
  31.         TELECOMMUNICATIONS:46,290 telephones; 4 AM, 3 FM, 2 TV stations; 
  32.         2 Atlantic Ocean satellite antennas.
  33.         COMMERCIAL POWER:120/240V, 120/208V; 60Hz.
  34.         MISC:Bermuda was once known as the "Isles of Devils". It consists of 
  35.         360 small coral islands, of which approximately 20 are inhabited. There 
  36.         are no rivers or freshwater lakes. St.Peter's church in St.George is 
  37.         the oldest Anglican church still in use in the western hemisphere.
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  39.         (FOR US OPS-3rd party:no  ROA:no)
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