Spiritus ... especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara www.exxun.com/Cuba/d_gv.html
Spit total: 6.2 sq km land: 6.2 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Eastern Island, Sand Island, and Spit Island www.exxun.com/MidwayIslands/b_mp.html
Spitak ... Soviet era. Nuclear power plants built at Metsamor in the 1970s were closed following the 1988 Spitak Earthquake, though they sustained no damage. One of the two reactors was re-opened in ... www.exxun.com/Armenia/e_ec.html
spite ... Lake Sevan), a result of its use as a source for hydropower, threatens drinking water supplies; restart of Metsamor nuclear power plant in spite of its location in a seismically active zone www.exxun.com/Armenia/b_mp.html
spite ... tax and reform of the customs service, have improved the government's revenue collection abilities. In spite of these gains, Mozambique remains dependent upon foreign assistance for much of its annual budget ... www.exxun.com/Mozambique/e_ec.html
Spitsbergen arctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool summers, cold winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west and north coasts of Spitsbergen, keeping water open and navigable most of the year www.exxun.com/Svalbard/b_mp.html
Spitsbergen territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice, through a governor (sysselmann) residing in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen; by treaty (9 February 1920) sovereignty was awarded to Norway www.exxun.com/Svalbard/d_gv.html
Spitzbergen conventional long form: none conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen) www.exxun.com/Svalbard/d_gv.html
SPLA Sudanese People's Armed Forces (SPAF): Land Forces, Navy, Air Force, Popular Defense Forces; Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA): Land Forces (2008) www.exxun.com/Sudan/h_ml.html
splendid ... linkup to France and the opening of a casino. Since then, the principality's mild climate, splendid scenery, and gambling facilities have made Monaco world famous as a tourist and recreation center www.exxun.com/Monaco/a_fg.html
splinter ... New Socialist Party 3, others 4; note - following a government reshuffle on 28 NOvember 2007, a splinter party of the PDCS joined the center-left coalition formed by the Party of Socialists ... www.exxun.com/SanMarino/d_gv.html
splinter splinter parties recognized by the government but not by the base of the party: Socialist Party or SPT [Abdualim GHAFFOROV; splintered from Narziyev's SPT]; Democratic Party or DPT [Masud SOBIROV; splintered ... www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/d_gv.html
splintered ... and assumed the presidency following a campaign centered on an anticorruption platform. KIBAKI's NARC coalition splintered in 2005 over the constitutional review process. Government defectors joined with KANU to form a ... www.exxun.com/Kenya/a_fg.html
splintered ... in an attempt to modernize Communism, but his initiatives inadvertently released forces that by December 1991 splintered the USSR into Russia and 14 other independent republics. Since then, Russia has struggled in ... www.exxun.com/Russia/a_fg.html
splintered ... Party or SPT [Abdualim GHAFFOROV; splintered from Narziyev's SPT]; Democratic Party or DPT [Masud SOBIROV; splintered from Iskanderov's DPT]; unregistered political parties: Agrarian Party [Hikmatullo NASREDDINOV]; Progressive Party [Sulton QUVVATOV ... www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/d_gv.html
split ... agreed in 2005 to defer the disputed portion of the boundary for fifty years and to split hydrocarbon revenues evenly outside the Joint Petroleum Development Area covered by the 2002 Timor Sea ... www.exxun.com/Australia/i_ti.html
split ... JALALOGLU]; Azerbaijan Democratic Reforms Party (ADRP) Youth Movement [Ramin HAJILI]; Azerbaijan Popular Front or APF, now split in two [Ali KARIMLI, leader of "Reform" APF party; Mirmahmud MIRALI-OGLU, leader of "Classic ... www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/d_gv.html
split ... were transferred to the Australian Government in 1955. The population on the two inhabited islands generally is split between the ethnic Europeans on West Island and the ethnic Malays on Home Island www.exxun.com/Cocos_Keeling_Islands/a_fg.html
Split ... of 2 fiber-optic trunk connections with Slovenia and a fiber-optic trunk line from Rijeka to Split and Dubrovnik; the ADRIA-1 submarine cable provides connectivity to Albania and Greece (2007 www.exxun.com/Croatia/f_cm.html
split 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia) www.exxun.com/CzechRepublic/d_gv.html
split ... Parliamentary approval for any additional reforms could prove difficult, however, because of the parliament's even split. The government withdrew a 2010 target date for euro adoption and instead aims to meet ... www.exxun.com/CzechRepublic/e_ec.html
split 0 km (landlocked); note - Kazakhstan borders the Aral Sea, now split into two bodies of water (1,070 km), and the Caspian Sea (1,894 km) www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/b_mp.html
split ... War. Five years later, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula. Following World War II, Korea was split with the northern half coming under Soviet-sponsored Communist domination. After failing in the Korean ... www.exxun.com/Korea_North/a_fg.html
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