Brendan_Dan

Ireland  by Brenda﻿n & Dan

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 * Location || Western Europe ||
 * Geographic coordinates || 5300 N, 800 W ||
 * Continent || Europe ||
 * Area || 70,273 sq. km. ||
 * Area comparison || Slightly larger than West Virginia ||
 * Border Countries || UK 360km. ||
 * Climate || Mild winters,cool summers ||
 * Terrain || mostly level ||
 * Natural Resources || natural gas, peat, copper, and lead ||
 * Natural Hazards || N/A ||
 * Capital || Dublin ||
 * Goverment Type || Republic ||
 * Independance Day || 12/6/1921 ||
 * National Holiday || St.Patricks Day ||
 * Constititution Date || 1/7/1937 ||
 * Flag || Three verticle stripes of Green, White, and Orange. ||
 * Presidency || 7 year term ||
 * Sufferage || 18 years ||
 * n/a || n/a ||
 * n/a || n/a ||
 * Labor Force by occupation || 2.15 mil. ||
 * Agriculture || 5% ||
 * Industry || 20% ||
 * Exported Commodities || machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products ||
 * Imported Commoditities || data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing ||
 * Currency || euros ||
 * Number of land lines || 2.08 mil ||
 * Number of cell phones || 4.871 mil ||
 * Airports || 39 ||
 * Paved airports || 16 ||
 * Roadways || 96,036 km ||
 * Roadways Compared To The World || 88 ||
 * Total Pop. || 4,670,976 ||
 * Age Structure || 0-14 years: 21.1%, 15-64 years: 67.3%, 65 years and over: 11.6 ||
 * Life Expectancy || total population: 80.19 years male: 77.96 years female: 82.55 years (2011 est.)  ||
 * Nationality || Irish ||
 * Religions || Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% ||
 * Languages || English, Gaelic ||
 * Literacy || definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99%  female: 99% (2003 est.)  ||