Jacob+C+&+Lauren+R

Ireland By Jacob C & Lauren R.

Coordinates || 53 00 N, 8 00 W || border countries: UK 360 km ||||~   || 15-64 years: 67.1% (male 1,411,336/female 1,409,760) 65 years and over: 12% (male 224,850/female 278,661) (2010 est.)  || male: 77.86 years female: 82.41 years (2010 est.)  || adjective: Irish || total population: 99% male: 99%  female: 99% (2003 est.)  || conventional short form: Ireland local long form: none  local short form: Eire  || geographic coordinates: 53 19 N, 6 14 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)  daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October  ||
 * ~ __**Geography**__ ||
 * Location || Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain ||||~  ||
 * Geographic
 * Continent || Europe ||
 * Area || total: 70,273 sq km land: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">68,883 sq km water: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">1,390 sq km  ||
 * Area Comparison || slightly larger than West Virginia ||
 * Border Countries || total: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">360 km
 * Climate || temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time ||||~  ||
 * Terrain || mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast ||
 * Natural Resources || natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite ||
 * Natural Hazards || NA ||
 * ~ People ||
 * Total Population || 4,622,917 (July 2010 est.) ||
 * Age Structure || 0-14 years: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">20.9% (male 454,571/female 424,022)
 * Life Expectany || total population: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">80.07 years country comparison to the world: <span class="category_data">[|26]
 * Nationality || <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural)
 * Religoins ||  |||| Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% (2006 census) ||
 * Languages || English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas along the western coast ||
 * Literacy || definition: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">age 15 and over can read and write
 * Literacy || definition: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">age 15 and over can read and write
 * ~ Goverment ||
 * Country(long form) || conventional long form: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal;">none
 * Goverment Type || republic, parliamentary democracy ||
 * Capital || name: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">Dublin

industry: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">27% services: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">67% (2006 est.)  ||
 * ~ Economy ||
 * Labor Force by Occupation || agriculture: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">6%
 * Agriculture || turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; beef, dairy products ||
 * Industry || steel, lead, zinc, silver, aluminum, barite, and gypsum mining processing; food products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals, pharmaceuticals; machinery, rail transportation equipment; glass and crystal; software, tourism ||
 * Exported Commodities || machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products ||
 * Imported Commodities || data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing ||
 * Currency || Euros ||

country comparison to the world: <span class="category_data">[|52] || country comparison to the world: <span class="category_data">[|89] ||
 * ~ Communication ||
 * Number of Land Line Phones || 2.202 million (2008)
 * Number of Cell Phones || 5.048 million (2008)

over 3,047 m: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">1 2,438 to 3,047 m: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">1  1,524 to 2,437 m: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">4  914 to 1,523 m: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">5  under 914 m: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">5 (2010)  ||
 * ~ Transportion ||
 * Airports || 39 (2010) country comparison to the world: <span class="category_data">[|105] ||
 * Paved Roads || total: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">16
 * Roadways || total: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">96,036 km paved: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">96,036 km (includes 423 km of expressways) (2008) ||
 * Roadways Compared To The World || country comparison to the world: <span class="category_data">[|48] ||


 * ~ Miscellaneous Information ||


 * ~ Sources Cited ||
 * CIA || [] ||