Russian Federation:
Location: Northern Asia, bordering
the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean
Area: total: 17,075,200 sq km
Caspian coastline: aprox. 1930 km
Climate: ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of
European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary
from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the
steppes to cool along Arctic coast
Population: 146,001,176 (July 2000 est.)
Languages: Russian, other
Capital: Moscow
GDP: purchasing power parity - $620.3 billion (1999 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $4,200 (1999 est.)
Inflation rate: 86% (1999 est.)
Labor force: 66 million (1997)
Unemployment rate: 12.4% (1999 est.), plus considerable underemployment
Currency: 1 ruble (R) = 100 kopeks
http://www.undp.org/rbec/nhdr/1996/russia/
http://president.kremlin.ru
 Azerbaijan Republic:
Location: Southwestern Asia,
bordering the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan is bordering with Russia, Iran, Armenia and Georgia
Area: total: 86,600 sq km
Caspian coastline: aprox. 800 km
note: Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (800 km, est.)
Climate: dry, semiarid steppe
Population: 7,748,163 (July 2000 est.)
Languages: Azeri 89%, Russian 3%, other 8% (1995 est.)
Capital: Baku
GDP: purchasing power parity - $14 billion (1999 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1,770 (1999 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): -6.8% (1999 est.)
Labor force: 2.9 million (1997)
Unemployment rate: 20% (1999 est.)
Exports: $885 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
Imports: $1.62 billion (c.i.f., 1999 est.)
Currency: 1 manat = 100 gopiks
http://www.undp.org/rbec/nhdr/1996/azerbaijan/ http://www.president.az
Islamic Republic of Iran:
Location: Middle East, bordering the
Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan
Area: total: 1.648 million sq km
Area - comparative: slightly larger than Alaska
Caspian coastline: aprox. 1000 km
note: Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km)
Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Population: 65,619,636 (July 2000 est.)
Languages: Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%,
Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
Capital: Tehran
GDP: purchasing power parity - $347.6 billion (1999 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $5,300 (1999 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 30% (1999 est.)
Labor force: 15.4 million
Unemployment rate: 9.1% (1996 est.)
Exports: $12.2 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.)
Imports: $13.8 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.)
Currency: 10 Iranian rials (IR) = 1 toman;
http://www.president.ir
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Kazakhstan Republic:
Location: Central Asia, northwest of
China
Area: total: 2,717,300 sq km
Caspian coastline: aprox. 2320 km
Climate: continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid
Population: 16,733,227 (July 2000 est.)
Capital: Astana
Languages: Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 40%, Russian (official, used in everyday
business) 66%
GDP: purchasing power parity - $54.5 billion (1999 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $3,200 (1999 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8.3% (1999 est.)
Labor force: 8.8 million (1997)
Labor force - by occupation: industry 27%, agriculture and forestry 23%, other 50%
(1996)
Unemployment rate: 13.7% (1998 est.)
Exports: $5.2 billion (1999 est.)
Imports: $4.8 billion (1999 est.)
Currency: 1 Kazakhstani tenge = 100 tiyn
http://www.undp.org/rbec/nhdr/
1996/kazakstan/ http://www.president.kz
Turkmenistan:
Location: Central Asia, bordering the
Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan
Area: total: 488,100 sq km
Caspian coastline: aprox. 1200 km
note: Turkmenistan borders the Caspian Sea (1,768 km)
Climate: subtropical desert
Population: 4,518,268 (July 2000 est.)
Languages: Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
Capital: Ashgabat
GDP: purchasing power parity - $7.7 billion (1999 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1,800 (1999 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 30% (1999 est.)
Labor force: 2.34 million (1996)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Exports: $1.1 billion (1999 est.)
Imports: $1.25 billion (1999 est.)
Currency: 1 Turkmen manat (TMM) = 100 tenesi
http://www.undp.org/rbec/nhdr/
1996/turkmenistan/ http://www.grida.no/enrin/htmls/
turkmen/soe2/index.htm
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