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san marino administrative divisions: 9 municipalities (castelli. singular - castello); acquaviva. borgo maggiore. chiesanuova. domagnano. faetano. fiorentino. montegiardino. san marino citta. serravalle independence: 3 september 301 national holiday: founding 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 claudio muccioli and captain regent antonello bacciochi (for the period 1 october 2005 - 31 march 2006) head of government: secretary of state for foreign and political affairs fabio berardi (15 december 2003) cabinet: congress of state elected by the great and general council for a five-year term elections: cochiefs of state (captains regent) elected by the great and general council for a six-month term; election last held na september 2005 (next to be held march 2006); secretary of state for foreign and political affairs elected by the great and general council for a five-year term; election last held 13 december 2003 (next to be held june 2006 when general elections are scheduled) election results: claudio muccioli and antonello bacciochi elected captains regent; percent of legislative vote - na%; fabio berardi elected 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 10 other members. all selected by the grand and general council; assisting the captains regent are 10 secretaries of state; the secretary of state for foreign affairs has assumed some 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 10 june 2001 (next to be held by june 2006) election results: percent of vote by party - pdcs 41.4%. pss 24.2%. pd 20.8%. apds 8.2%. rc 3.4%. an 1.9%; seats by party - pdcs 25. pss 15. pd 12. apds 5. rc 2. an 1 judicial branch: council of twelve or consiglio dei xii political parties and leaders: communist refoundation or rc [ivan foshi]; ideas in movement or im [alessandro rossi]; national alliance or an [leader na]; party of democrats or pd [claudio felici]; san marino christian democratic party or pdcs [giovanni lonfernini]; san marino popular alliance of democrats or apds [roberto giorgetti]; san marino socialist party or pss [alberto cecchetti]; socialists for reform or sr [renzo giardi] political pressure groups and leaders: na international organization participation: ce. fao. ibrd. icao. icct. icftu. icrm. ifrcs. ilo. imf. imo. ioc. iom (observer). itu. nam (guest). 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 and honolulu 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) economy - overview: the tourist sector contributes over 50% of gdp. in 2000 more than 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 the most prosperous regions of italy. which supplies much of its food. gdp (purchasing power parity): $940 million (2001 est.) gdp (official exchange rate): na gdp - real growth rate: 7.5% (2001 est.) gdp - per capita: purchasing power parity - $34.600 (2001 est.) gdp - composition by sector: agriculture: na% industry: na% services: na% labor force: 18.500 (1999) labor force - by occupation: agriculture 1%. industry 42%. services 57% (2000 est.) unemployment rate: 2.6% (2001) population below poverty line: na household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: na% highest 10%: na% inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.3% (2001) budget: revenues: $400 million expenditures: $400 million. including capital expenditures of na (2000 est.) agriculture - products: wheat. grapes. corn. olives; cattle. pigs. horses. beef. cheese. hides industries: tourism. banking. textiles. electronics. ceramics. cement. wine industrial production growth rate: 6% (1997 est.) exports: trade data are included with the statistics for italy imports: trade data are included with the statistics for italy debt - external: $na economic aid - recipient: $na currency (code): euro (eur) currency code: eur exchange rates: euros per us dollar - 0.79697 (2005). 0.8054 (2004). 0.886 (2003). 1.0626 (2002). 1.1175 (2001) fiscal year: calendar year telephones - main lines in use: 20.600 (2002) telephones - mobile cellular: 16.800 (2002) telephone system: general assessment: adequate connections domestic: automatic telephone system completely integrated into italian system international: country code - 378; connected to italian international network 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 country code: .sm internet hosts: 1.763 (2004) internet service providers (isps): 2 (2000) internet users: 14.300 (2002) airports: none (2004 est.) roadways: total: 220 km paved: 220 km unpaved: 0 km (2001) military branches: no regular military forces; voluntary military force (corpi militari voluntar) performs ceremonial duties and limited police assistance military expenditures - dollar figure: $700.000 (fy00/01) military expenditures - percent of gdp: na military - note: defense is the responsibility of italy disputes - international: none
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