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The world factbook, also known as the cia world factbook, is a reference resource produced by the central intelligence agency cia with almanacstyle information about the countries of the world. These lightweight books were easy to smuggle, and cia operatives succeeded in planting hundreds, if not thousands, in soviet bloc countries and gave them out to russian tourists. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of thailand 2018 information contained here. Would the cia world factbook be considered a primary. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of vanuatu 2020 information contained here. Per the product description, the booklet includes the 63 main entities which include, among. The information regarding vanuatu on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency and other sources. The world factbook, also known as the cia world factbook, is a book that contains the central intelligence agencys information about the worlds countries. References guide to country profiles the world factbook.
If you use the cia world factbook as a source of information for your paper, you must include it in the reference list at the end of your paper. In the early years after the cia was established, everything had to be started pretty much from scratch, invented on the fly, and adjusted later as needed. Each team member is dedicated to producing accurate and unbiased information by utilizing contemporary technological tools and following traditional practices. The world factbook, also known as the cia world factbook, is a book that contains the central intelligence agencys information about the world s countries. The information regarding thailand on this page is republished from the 2018 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency.
Nine newly added travel facts from luxembourg, new caledonia, norfolk island, saint barthelemy, san marino, seychelles, slovakia, suriname, and vanuatu bring the final total to 222 193 countries and 29 dependencies. Central intelligence agency that provides statistics and demographics about nations around the world. The factbook provides a two to threepage summary of the demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, and military of 266 u. The content of the knowledge base is, in large part, derived from the cia world fact book, and covers a. Each such question then becomes a small little project of your which you can code up and showcase on a opensource platform like github to show to your friends.
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Education is world books commitment and its editorial team is world books strength. The cia world factbook 2016 by central intelligence agency. The cia world factbook is arguably the best value for a research almanac, bar none. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about vietnam 2015 should be addressed to the cia. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Nov 04, 2014 from afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 2015 offers complete and uptodate information on the worlds nations. The world factbook, prepared by the cia using information from a halfdozen cabinetlevel agencies, profiles basic intelligence on all areas of the world. Sep 06, 2019 fox, who says she served roughly from 2002 to 2010, says her book is largely a positive portrayal of the cia, an ode to the unsung heroes of the intelligence world. The world factbook has completed its travel facts project. Mar 04, 2018 data analytics with python by web scraping. Government, tasked with gathering, processing and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence humint. The atlantic ocean provides some of the worlds most heavily trafficked sea routes, between and within the eastern and western hemispheres. Take a second to look at any country and see just how much information is there eg romania. The information regarding various countries on this page is republished from the 2009 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency.
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