Country
Official name: French Republic
Short name: France
Capital: Paris
Language: French
Political System: Republic
Date of Origin: July 14, 1789
Currency: Euro.
Geography
Location: France is located in the western part of the European continent, and like other major colonial countries, it has islands and lands overseas in a number of regions of the world.
It is bordered by several countries: the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain.
Area: 643,801 square kilometers.
Natural resources: fertile agricultural lands, timber, hydropower, minerals, mainly iron, coal, potash, zinc, potash and uranium.
Climate: Mediterranean.
Population
Number: 66,259,012 people (July 2014
estimates
)
Growth rate: 0.45% (2014 estimates)
Ethnic distribution: France’s population consists of different ethnic groups such as Celts and Latins, in addition to other minorities such as the Germans, Moroccans, and Basques.
Religion: from 83% to 88% Greek Catholics, from 5% to 10% are Muslims, 2% are Christian Protestants, 1% are Jews, and 4% are not specified.
Economy
Gross domestic product: $ 2.739 trillion
annual per capita product: $ 35700
Growth rate: 0.3%
Unemployment rate: 10.2%
Inflation rate: 0.9%
External debt: $ 5.371 trillion The
most important products: Airplanes, tourism, chemicals, iron, electronic devices, Cereals, sugar, potatoes.
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