horeline

Vanuatu:
2,528 km

Venezuela:
2,800 km

Vietnam:
3,444 km (excludes islands)

Virgin Islands:
188 km

Wake Island:
19.3 km

Wallis and Futuna:
129 km

West Bank:
0 km (landlocked)

Western Sahara:
1,110 km

World:
356,000 km

Yemen:
1,906 km

Yugoslavia:
199 km

Zambia:
0 km (landlocked)

Zimbabwe:
0 km (landlocked)

Taiwan:
1,566.3 km

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@Communications - note

Bouvet Island:
automatic meteorological station

Coral Sea Islands:
there are automatic weather stations on many of
the isles and reefs relaying data to the mainland

Europa Island:
1 meteorological station

Glorioso Islands:
1 meteorological station

Juan de Nova Island:
1 meteorological station

Saint Helena:
Gough Island has a meteorological station

Tromelin Island:
important meteorological station

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@Constitution

Afghanistan:
none

Albania:
a new constitution was adopted by popular referendum on 28
November 1998; note - the opposition Democratic Party boycotted the
vote

Algeria:
19 November 1976, effective 22 November 1976; revised 3
November 1988, 23 February 1989, and 28 November 1996; note -
referendum approving the revisions of 28 November 1996 was signed
into law 7 December 1996

American Samoa:
ratified 1966, in effect 1967

Andorra:
Andorra's first written constitution was drafted in 1991;
approved by referendum 14 March 1993; came into force 4 May 1993

Angola:
11 November 1975; revised 7 January 1978, 11 August 1980, 6
March 1991, and 26 August 1992

Anguilla:
Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982; amended 1990

Antigua and Barbuda:
1 November 1981

Argentina:
1 May 1853; revised August 1994

Armenia:
adopted by nationwide referendum 5 July 1995

Aruba:
1 January 1986

Australia:
9 July 1900, effective 1 January 1901

Austria:
1920; revised 1929 (reinstated 1 May 1945)

Azerbaijan:
adopted 12 November 1995

Bahamas, The:
10 July 1973

Bahrain:
adopted late December 2000 (new constitution calls for a
partially elected legislature, a constitutional monarchy, and an
independent judiciary)

Bangladesh:
4 November 1972, effective 16 December 1972, suspended
following coup of 24 March 1982, restored 1