Republic of San Marino
National name: Repubblica di San
Marino
Captains Regent: Antonio Carattoni
and Roberto Giorgetti (2006)
Current government officials
Total area: 23 sq mi (60 sq km)
Population (2007 est.): 29,615 (growth
rate: 1.2%); birth rate: 9.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 5.5/1000;
life expectancy: 81.8; density per sq mi: 1,278
Capital (2003 est.):
San Marino, 4,300
Largest city: Serravalle, 8,700
Monetary unit: Euro
Language:
Italian
Ethnicity/race:
Sammarinese, Italian
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Literacy rate: 96%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004
est.): $850 million; per capita $34,100. Real growth rate:
4.6%. Inflation: -1.5% (2006). Unemployment: 3.8% (2004).
Arable land: 17%. Agriculture: wheat, grapes, corn,
olives; cattle, pigs, horses, beef, cheese, hides. Labor
force: 18,500 (1999); services 57%, industry 42%, agriculture 1%
(2000 est.). Industries: tourism, banking, textiles,
electronics, ceramics, cement, wine. Natural resource:
building stone. Exports: $1.291 billion (2004): building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat,
wine, baked goods, hides, ceramics. Imports: $2.035 billion (2004): wide variety of consumer
manufactures, food.
Communications: Telephones: main lines
in use: 21,000 (2006); mobile cellular: 17,390 (2006). 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 Service
Providers (ISPs): 3,344 (2007). Internet users: 15,400 (2006)
Transportation: Railways: 0 km; note:
there is a 1.5 km cable railway connecting the city of San Marino to
Borgo Maggiore. Highways: total: 104 km; paved: 104 km;
unpaved: 0 km (2003). Ports and harbors: none.
Airports: none.
International disputes: none.
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