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Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of San Marino
conventional short form: San Marino
local long form: Repubblica di San Marino
local short form: San Marino
Data code: SM
Government type: republic
Capital: San Marino
Administrative divisions: 9
municipalities (castelli, singular - castello); Acquaviva, Borgo
Maggiore, Chiesanuova, Domagnano, Faetano, Fiorentino, Monte
Giardino, San Marino, Serravalle
Independence: 301 (by
tradition)
National holiday: Anniversary
of the Foundation 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 Loris
FRANCINI and Captain Regent Alberto CECCHETTI (for the period 1
April 1999-30 September 1999)
head of government: Secretary of State for Foreign and
Political Affairs Gabriele GATTI (since NA July 1986)
cabinet: Congress of State elected by the Great and General
Council for a five-year term
elections: cochiefs of state (captain regents) elected by
the Great and General Council for a six-month term; election last
held NA September 1999 (next to be held NA March 2000); secretary
of state for foreign and political affairs elected by the Great
and General Council for a five-year term; election last held NA
June 1998 (next to be held NA June 2003)
election results: Loris FRANCINI and Alberto CECCETTI
elected captain regents; percent of legislative vote - NA;
Gabriele GATTI reelected secretary of state for foreign and
political affairs; percent of legislative vote - NA
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
three secretaries of state - Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs,
and Finance - and several additional secretaries; the secretary of
state for Foreign Affairs has assumed many of the prerogatives of
a prime minister
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 31 May 1998 (next to be held by NA May
2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - PDCS 40.8%,
PSS 23.3%, PPDS 18.6%, APDS 9.8%, RC 3.3%, SR 4.2%; seats by party
- PDCS 25, PSS 14, PPDS 11, APDS 6, RC 2, SR 2
Judicial branch: Council of
Twelve or Consiglio dei XII
Political parties and leaders:
Communist Refoundation or RC [Giuseppe AMICHI]; Democratic
Movement or MD [Emilio DELLA BALDA]; San Marino Christian
Democratic Party or PDCS [Cesare Antonio GASPERONI, secretary
general]; San Marino Popular Democratic Party or APDS [Antonella
MULARONI]; San Marino Progressive Democratic Party or PPDS
[Stefano MACINA, secretary general]; San Marino Socialist Party or
PSS [Maurizio RATTINI, secretary general]; Socialists for Reform
or SR [Renzo GIARDI]
International organization
participation: CE, ECE, ICAO, ICFTU, 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
US: the US does not have an embassy in 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)
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Economy - overview: The tourist
sector contributes over 50% of GDP. In 1997 more than 3.3 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 Italy, which
supplies much of its food.
GDP: purchasing power parity -
$500 million (1997 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: NA%
GDP - per capita: purchasing
power parity - $20,000 (1997 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by
percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2% (1997)
Labor force: 15,600 (1995)
Labor force - by occupation:
services 60%, industry 38%, agriculture 2% (1998 est.)
Unemployment rate: 3.6% (April
1996)
Budget:
revenues: $320 million
expenditures: $320 million, including capital expenditures
of $26 million (1995 est.)
Industries: tourism, banking,
textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production: NA
kWh
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%
Electricity - consumption: NA
kWh
Electricity - exports: NA kWh
Electricity - imports: NA kWh
note: electricity supplied by Italy
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: 1 Italian lira (Lit)
= 100 centesimi; note - also mints its own coins
Exchange rates: euros per US$1
- 0.9867 (January 2000), 0.9386 (1999); Italian lire (Lit) per
US$1 - 1,668.7 (January 1998), 1,736.2 (1998), 1,703.1 (1997),
1,542.9 (1996), 1,628.9 (1995)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Telephones - main lines in use:
18,000 (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
3,010 (1998)
Telephone system:
domestic: automatic telephone system completely integrated
into Italian system
international: microwave radio relay and cable connections
to Italian network; no satellite earth stations
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):
1 (1999)
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: NA km
unpaved: NA km
Ports and harbors: none
Airports: none
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Military branches: Voluntary
Military Force, Police Force
Military expenditures - dollar
figure: $700,000 (FY98)
Military expenditures - percent of
GDP: NA%
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