4. Andorra

Principality of Andorra (Principat d'Andorra)

Capital:

Andorre-la Vieille

Currency:

Euro

Area: 464 sq.km

Coastline:

 Landlocked

Population: 76,949

Languages:

 Catalan, French, Castilian; Re ligions: Christian-90%; Literacy: 100%; Life Expectancy: 82.65; p.c.i: $ 44,900; HDI rank: 37; Date of Independence: 1278 (was formed under the joined suzer ainty of the French count of Foix and the Spanish bishop of Urgel).

Government Type:

Parliamentary De mocracy; Head of State: President of France and the Bishop of Urgel (Spain) as co-princes. Head of govt: Antoni martin Petit.

Climate: Temperate

Regional Divisions: 7 Parishes

Geography:

Andorra lies in the Pyrenees mountain range between France and Spain. It consists of deep valleys and gorges, sur rounded by mountains.

History:

The co-principality of Andorra,

founded in 1278, lies in the valleys of East

ern Pyrenees, between France and Spain.

Andorra, autonomous and semi-inde pendent, got a constitution in 1993, ad opted a parliamentary system and became the 184th member of the UN. It is nominally subject to the suzerainty of France and the Bishop of Urgel in Spain. The government is carried on by a council of 28 elected members.