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Republic of the congo is a source and destination country for children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. May 27, 20 the world factbook provides reliable information about countries and nations from around the world. Stay up to speed on all we have to offerplus activities, crafts, and blogs for parents and educators in our newsletter. Close to 100 indicators cover a wide range of areas. The 1990 cia world factbook library of congress classification.
During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original. The world factbook, also known as the cia world factbook, is a reference resource produced. The world factbook also known as the cia world factbook is an annual publication of the central intelligence agency of the united states with almanacstyle information about the countries of the world. List of entities and changes in the world factbook. Oecd factbook 2015 2016 is a comprehensive and dynamic statistical publication from the oecd. The world factbook north america united states introduction united states background. The secret soldiers of benghazi as a distortion of the events and people who served in benghazi that night. Sep 16, 2019 on this weeks episode of the cracked podcast, alex schmidt sits down with scholar, journalist and author stephen kinzer, diving into astonishing stories from stephens new book poisoner in chief. I have used the cia world fact book for many years in its various versions and updates and would in principle give it a very high regard as a source of concise information on the various countries of the world all in one place. The plethora of facts about each country are simply presented and are about the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
A world of information in the cia factbook public libraries. The atlantic ocean is the second largest of the worlds five oceans after the pacific ocean, but larger than the indian ocean, southern ocean, and arctic ocean. Population area geographic coordinates languages government capital. Chinas 2017 labor force by sector had the greatest proportion in agriculture at 28. Publication of the secret team, a book by us air force colonel and pentagoncia liaison l. And over in nicaragua, youll find one of the only two. Map of the world published by the cia world factbook in 2016.
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Cia world factbook world the world factbook central. Comments and queries are welcome and may be addressed to. The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military. The campaign to kill the book was nationwide and worldwide, prouty notes. This comprehensive guide is packed with detailed information on the politics, populations, military expenditures, and economics of 2015. This entry includes the number of males for each female in five age groups at birth, under 15 years, 1564 years, 65 years and over, and for the total population. During the interwar years, the new countrys leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of other ethnic minorities within the republic, most notably the sudeten germans and the ruthenians ukrainians. Cia world factbook the best country factbook available. Following the first world war, the closely related czechs and slovaks of the former austrohungarian empire merged to form czechoslovakia.
The cia world factbook 2016 by central intelligence agency. The cia world fact book 2016, is very interesting and informative. The official print version is available from the government printing office. The cia world factbook 2014 by central intelligence agency. Jan 08, 2017 publication of the secret team, a book by us air force colonel and pentagoncia liaison l. Why i wrote a book about the cia in jamaica huffpost. Sex ratio at birth has recently emerged as an indicator of certain kinds of sex discrimination in some countries. Its creation in 1947 was intended to address problems of duplication, competition, and lack of coordination that had characterized previous u. From afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 2014 offers complete and uptodate information on the worlds nations. The factbook is considered to be an online reference work, and you are citing an entry.
Dec 26, 2016 december 9, 2016 the washington post reports the cia has determined that russian hacking was conducted to boost trump and hurt clinton. The central intelligence agency cia is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the united states, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence humint. Since 1980, this massive volume has been a mainstay for anyone interested in the various countries of the world. The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Fletcher prouty recounting the authors firsthand knowledge of cia black operations and espionage, was met with a wide scale censorship campaign in 1972. Apr, 2012 the atlantic ocean is the second largest of the world s five oceans after the pacific ocean, but larger than the indian ocean, southern ocean, and arctic ocean. The data is free to use and is in the public domain. Countries of the world 37 years of cia world fact books, factbook, 1982, 1984. Each one has a history, people, government, and economy. Cia world fact book, 2004atlantic ocean wikisource, the.
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