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Occupational indicators of economic supply and demand. This complete electronic edition is designed for optimal navigation on your handheld device. I found an old java package to retrieve informations but i like a more modern way with rest or maybe an api. Published annually since 1981 in paper and online since 1997, the world factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy.
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No claims are made regarding the accuracy of united kingdom great brittain 2020 information contained here. Travel facts the world factbook central intelligence. Governmental, political and legislative information. Links are to the definitions and notes about each entry. This factbook, developed under bjs grants, provides narrative descriptions of the criminal justice systems of 45 countries around the world. We have attempted to standardize the information as much as possible. The world almanac and book of facts is a uspublished reference work and is a bestselling almanac conveying information about such subjects as world changes, tragedies, and sports feats. Please use the links or the search form below to find the information you seek.
Comments and queries are welcome and may be addressed to. The central intelligence agency cia aims to summarize that information in just a few pages. Sep 17, 2018 the world factbook is a reference resource produced by the central intelligence agency of the united states with almanacstyle information about the countries of the world. Norman campus, health sciences center, and outulsa. Each one has a history, people, government, and economy. Each country profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data. Bureau of justice statistics the world factbook of.
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The information regarding various countries on this page is republished from the 20 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency. 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. References guide to country profiles the world factbook. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of 20 country information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about libya 2020 should be addressed to the cia or. 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. This essential household and workplace desk reference is the most useful reference book known to modern man, according to the l. The world book was first published in 1917 and revised annually from 1925. World book encyclopedia, american encyclopaedia designed to meet the curriculum needs of elementary through highschool students. Filling 22 volumes, this specificentry print reference work emphasizes geography and biography and gives broad treatment to such subject areas as business, psychology, government, energy, ecology, and criminology. The factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational. News and analysis on population size and growth, migration, refugees and more. By downloading libby to your smartphone, you can access thousands of ebooks and audiobooks from your library for free anytime and anywhere.
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