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Capital Faroe Islands : |
Torshavn .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Faroe Islands :
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| Climate Faroe Islands :
| mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy, windy .
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| Life expectancy Faroe Islands :
| 79.05 years .
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| Fertility rate Faroe Islands :
| 2.22 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Faroe Islands :
| NA .
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| Population Faroe Islands :
| 46,662 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Faroe Islands :
| 1,399 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Faroe Islands :
| 23,000 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Faroe Islands :
| 30,700 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Faroe Islands :
| 298.
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| Sex ratio total Faroe Islands :
| 1.05 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Faroe Islands ratio under 15 :
| 1 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Faroe Islands ratio 15 64 :
| 1.13 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Faroe Islands ratio 65 :
| 0.82 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Faroe Islands :
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| HIV Faroe Islands :
| NA |
| Population below poverty line Faroe Islands :
| NA |
| Literacy Faroe Islands :
| NA |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Faroe Islands :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Faroe Islands :
| NA |
| Inflation Faroe Islands :
| 5.1% (1999) |
| Unemployment Rate Faroe Islands :
| 1% (October 2000) |
| Internet Users Faroe Islands :
| 25,000 (2002) |
| Location Faroe Islands :
| Northern Europe, island group between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Iceland to Norway |
| Geographic Coordinates Faroe Islands :
| 62 00 N, 7 00 W |
| Religion Faroe Islands :
| Evangelical Lutheran |
| Administrative region Faroe Islands :
| none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 49 municipalities |
| Terrain Faroe Islands :
| rugged, rocky, some low peaks; cliffs along most of coast |
| Elevation extremes lowest Faroe Islands :
| Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Faroe Islands :
| Slaettaratindur 882 m |
| Natural resources Faroe Islands :
| fish, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas |
| Land use arable land Faroe Islands :
| 2,14% |
| Land use permanentcrops Faroe Islands :
| 0% |
| Irrigated land Faroe Islands :
| 0 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Faroe Islands :
| NA |
| Environment current issues Faroe Islands :
| NA |
| Geography note Faroe Islands :
| archipelago of 17 inhabited islands and one uninhabited island, and a few uninhabited islets; strategically located along important sea lanes in northeastern Atlantic; precipitous terrain limits habitation to small coastal lowlands |
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