[syn: San Marino, Republic of San Marino]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
San Marino
n 1: the capital and only city of San Marino [syn: San Marino,
capital of San Marino]
2: the smallest republic in the world; the oldest independent
country in Europe (achieved independence in 301); located in
the Apennines and completely surrounded by Italy [syn: San
Marino, Republic of San Marino]
CIA World Factbook 2002:
San Marino
Introduction San Marino
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Background: The third smallest state in Europe
(after the Holy See and Monaco) also
claims to be the world's oldest
republic. According to tradition, it
was founded by a Christian
stonemason named Marinus in 301 A.D.
San Marino's foreign policy is
aligned with that of Italy. Social
and political trends in the republic
also track closely with those of its
larger neighbor.
Geography San Marino
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Location: Southern Europe, an enclave in
central Italy
Geographic coordinates: 43 46 N, 12 25 E
Map references: Europe
Area: total: 61.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 61.2 sq km
Area - comparative: about 0.3 times the size of
Washington, DC
Land boundaries: total: 39 km
border countries: Italy 39 km
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
Climate: Mediterranean; mild to cool winters;
warm, sunny summers
Terrain: rugged mountains
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Torrente Ausa 55 m
highest point: Monte Titano 755 m
Natural resources: building stone
Land use: arable land: 16.67%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 83.33% (1998 est.)
Irrigated land: NA sq km
Natural hazards: NA
Environment - current issues: NA
Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
agreements: Change, Desertification, Nuclear
Test Ban
signed, but not ratified: Air
Pollution
Geography - note: landlocked; smallest independent
state in Europe after the Holy See
and Monaco; dominated by the
Apennines
People San Marino
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Population: 27,730 (July 2002 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 16.1% (male 2,300;
female 2,161)
15-64 years: 67.5% (male 9,102;
female 9,625)
65 years and over: 16.4% (male
1,956; female 2,586) (2002 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.41% (2002 est.)
Birth rate: 10.64 births/1,000 population (2002
est.)
Death rate: 7.79 deaths/1,000 population (2002
est.)
Net migration rate: 11.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population
(2002 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.09 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/
female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/
female (2002 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 6.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 81.33 years
female: 85.18 years (2002 est.)
male: 77.79 years
Total fertility rate: 1.3 children born/woman (2002 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
AIDS:
HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
Nationality: noun: Sammarinese (singular and
plural)
adjective: Sammarinese
Ethnic groups: Sammarinese, Italian
Religions: Roman Catholic
Languages: Italian
Literacy: definition: age 10 and over can read
and write
total population: 96%
male: 97%
female: 95% (1976 est.)
Government San Marino
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Country name: conventional long form: Republic of
San Marino
conventional short form: San Marino
local short form: San Marino
local long form: Repubblica di San
Marino
Government type: independent republic
Capital: San Marino
Administrative divisions: 9 municipalities (castelli, singular
- castello); Acquaviva, Borgo
Maggiore, Chiesanuova, Domagnano,
Faetano, Fiorentino, Monte Giardino,
San Marino, Serravalle
Independence: 3 September 301
National holiday: Founding of the Republic, 3
September (301)
Constitution: 8 October 1600; electoral law of
1926 serves some of the functions of
a constitution
Legal system: based on civil law system with
Italian law influences; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch: chief of state: cochiefs of state
Captain Regent Antonio Lazzaro
VOLPINARI and Captain Regent
Giovanni Francesco UGOLINI (for the
period 1 April-31 October 2002)
elections: cochiefs of state
(captains regent) elected by the
Great and General Council for a six-
month term; election last held 1
April 2002 (next to be held NA
September 2002); secretary of state
for foreign and political affairs
elected by the Great and General
Council for a five-year term;
election last held 10 June 2001
(next to be held NA June 2006)
note: the popularly elected
parliament (Grand and General
Council) selects two of its members
to serve as the Captains Regent
(cochiefs of state) for a six-month
period; they preside over meetings
of the Grand and General Council and
its cabinet (Congress of State)
which has ten other members, all
selected by the Grand and General
Council; assisting the captains
regent are ten secretaries of state;
the secretary of state for Foreign
Affairs has assumed some of the
prerogatives of a prime minister
election results: Antonio Lazzaro
VOLPINARI and Giovanni Francesco
UGOLINI reelected captains regent;
percent of legislative vote - NA%;
Gabriele GATTI reelected secretary
of state for foreign and political
affairs; percent of legislative vote
- NA%
cabinet: Congress of State elected
by the Great and General Council for
a five-year term
head of government: Secretary of
State for Foreign and Political
Affairs Gabriele GATTI (since 26
July 1986)
Legislative branch: unicameral Grand and General Council
or Consiglio Grande e Generale (60
seats; members are elected by
direct, popular vote to serve five-
year terms)
elections: last held 10 June 2001
(next to be held by June 2006)
election results: percent of vote by
party - PDCS 41.4%, PSS 24.2%, PD
20.8%, APDS 8.2%, RC 3.4%, AN 1.9%;
seats by party - PDCS 25, PSS 15, PD
12, APDS 5, RC 2, AN 1
Judicial branch: Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei
XII
Political parties and leaders: Communist Refoundation or RC [Ivan
FOSHI]; Ideas in Movement or IM
[Alessandro ROSSI]; National
Alliance or AN [leader NA]; Party of
Democrats or PD [Claudio FELICI];
San Marino Christian Democratic
Party or PDCS [Romeo RIORRI]; San
Marino Popular Alliance of Democrats
or APDS [Roberto GIORGETTI]; San
Marino Socialist Party or PSS
[Augusto CASALI]; Socialists for
Reform or SR [Renzo GIARDI]
Political pressure groups and NA
leaders:
International organization CE, ECE, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU,
participation: ICRM, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IOC, IOM
(observer), ITU, OPCW, OSCE, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WToO
Diplomatic representation in the US: San Marino does not have an embassy
in the US
honorary consulate(s) general:
Washington, DC, and New York
honorary consulate(s): Detroit
Diplomatic representation from the the US does not have an embassy in
US: San Marino; the US Consul General in
Florence (Italy) is accredited to
San Marino
Flag description: two equal horizontal bands of white
(top) and light blue with the
national coat of arms superimposed
in the center; the coat of arms has
a shield (featuring three towers on
three peaks) flanked by a wreath,
below a crown and above a scroll
bearing the word LIBERTAS (Liberty)
Economy San Marino
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Economy - overview: The tourist sector contributes over
50% of GDP. In 2000 more than 3
million tourists visited San Marino.
The key industries are banking,
wearing apparel, electronics, and
ceramics. Main agricultural products
are wine and cheeses. The per capita
level of output and standard of
living are comparable to those of
the most prosperous regions of
Italy, which supplies much of its
food.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $940
million (2001 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 7.5% (2001 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $34,600
(2001 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Population below poverty line: NA%
Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.3% (2001)
Labor force: 18,500 (1999)
Labor force - by occupation: services 57%, industry 42%,
agriculture 1% (2000 est.)
Unemployment rate: 2.6% (2001)
Budget: revenues: $400 million
expenditures: $400 million,
including capital expenditures of
$NA (2000 est.)
Industries: tourism, banking, textiles,
electronics, ceramics, cement, wine
Industrial production growth rate: 6% (1997 est.)
Electricity - production: 0 kWh
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: NA%
other: NA%
nuclear: NA%
hydro: NA%
Electricity - consumption: 184.5 million kWh (2000)
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh
note: electric power supplied by
Italy (1999)
Electricity - imports: 184.5 kWh
note: electricity supplied by Italy
(2000)
Agriculture - products: wheat, grapes, corn, olives; cattle,
pigs, horses, beef, cheese, hides
Exports: trade data are included with the
statistics for Italy
Exports - commodities: building stone, lime, wood,
chestnuts, wheat, wine, baked goods,
hides, ceramics
Imports: trade data are included with the
statistics for Italy
Imports - commodities: wide variety of consumer
manufactures, food
Debt - external: $NA
Economic aid - recipient: $NA
Currency: euro (EUR); Italian lira (ITL)
Currency code: EUR; ITL
Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 1.1324
(January 2002), 1.1175 (2001),
1.08540 (2000), 0.93863 (1999);
Italian lire per US dollar - 1,736.2
(1998), 1,703.1 (1997)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications San Marino
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Telephones - main lines in use: 18,000 (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 3,010 (1998)
Telephone system: general assessment: adequate
connections
domestic: automatic telephone system
completely integrated into Italian
system
international: connected to Italian
international network
Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios: 16,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (San Marino residents also receive
broadcasts from Italy) (1997)
Televisions: 9,000 (1997)
Internet country code: .sm
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2000)
Internet users: NA
Transportation San Marino
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Railways: 0 km; note - there is a 1.5-km cable
railway connecting the city of San
Marino to Borgo Maggiore
Highways: total: 220 km
paved: 220 km
unpaved: 0 km (2001)
Waterways: none
Ports and harbors: none
Airports: none (2001)
Military San Marino
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Military branches: Voluntary Military Force (Corpi
Militari Voluntar), Gendarmerie;
note - the Voluntary Military Force
performs ceremonial duties and
limited police assistance
Military expenditures - dollar $700,000 (FY00/01)
figure:
Military expenditures - percent of NA%
GDP:
Transnational Issues San Marino
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Disputes - international: none
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
San Marino, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 12945
Housing Units (2000): 4437
Land area (2000): 3.773550 sq. miles (9.773450 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.773550 sq. miles (9.773450 sq. km)
FIPS code: 68224
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 34.122658 N, 118.112964 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 91108
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
San Marino, CA
San Marino