Bellingshausen total: 20.327 million sq km note: includes Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, part of the Drake Passage, Ross Sea, a small part of the Scotia Sea, Weddell Sea, and other tributary water bodies www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/b_mp.html
BELLO ... Development of Cameroon or MLDC [Marcel YONDO]; National Union for Democracy and Progress or UNDP [Maigari BELLO BOUBA]; Progressive Movement or MP; Social Democratic Front or SDF [John FRU NDI]; Union of ... www.exxun.com/Cameroon/d_gv.html
Bello chief of mission: Ambassador Paul E. SIMONS embassy: Avenida Andres Bello 2800, Las Condes, Santiago mailing address: APO AA 34033 telephone: [56] (2) 232-2600 FAX: [56] (2) 330-3710, 330-3160 www.exxun.com/Chile/d_gv.html
Bellona 9 provinces and 1 capital territory*; Central, Choiseul, Guadalcanal, Honiara*, Isabel, Makira, Malaita, Rennell and Bellona, Temotu, Western www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/d_gv.html
Bellsund ice floes often block the entrance to Bellsund (a transit point for coal export) on the west coast and occasionally make parts of the northeastern coast inaccessible to maritime traffic www.exxun.com/Svalbard/b_mp.html
Belmont chief of mission: Ambassador Hunaina bint Sultan bin Ahmad al-MUGHAIRI chancery: 2535 Belmont Road, NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 387-1980 FAX: [1] (202) 745-4933 www.exxun.com/Oman/d_gv.html
Belmopan chief of mission: Ambassador Robert J. DIETER embassy: Floral Park Road, Belmopan City, Cayo District mailing address: P.O. Box 497, Belmopan City, Cayo District, Belize telephone: [501] 822-4011 FAX: [501] 822-4012 www.exxun.com/Belize/d_gv.html
belong black 87.5%, white 6%, mixed 6.5% note: about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% to the Kavangos tribe; other ethnic groups include Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama ... www.exxun.com/Namibia/c_pp.html
belong unicameral Territorial Congress or Congres du territoire (54 seats; members belong to the three Provincial Assemblies or Assemblees Provinciales elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 9 ... www.exxun.com/NewCaledonia/d_gv.html
belonging French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/c_pp.html
belonging ... km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,093 km 1.067-m gauge note: 150 km .762-m gauge (belonging primarily to Taiwan Sugar Corporation and Taiwan Forestry Bureau; some to other entities) (2007 www.exxun.com/Taiwan/g_tr.html
belongs total: 597 km narrow gauge: 597 km 0.600-m gauge note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during harvest season (May to December) (2006) www.exxun.com/Fiji/g_tr.html
belongs 9 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified) note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and Switzerland (2006) www.exxun.com/Liechtenstein/g_tr.html
Belorussian conventional long form: Republic of Belarus conventional short form: Belarus local long form: Respublika Byelarus' local short form: Byelarus' former: Belorussian (Byelorussian) Soviet Socialist Republic www.exxun.com/Belarus/d_gv.html
Beloved ... Jose Alberto ALDERETE]; Movimiento Union Nacional de Ciudadanos Eticos or UNACE [Enrique GONZALEZ Quintana]; Patria Querida (Beloved Fatherland Party) or PPQ [Pedro Nicolas Maraa FADUL Niella]; Partido del Movimiento al Socialismo or ... www.exxun.com/Paraguay/d_gv.html
belt hurricanes; lies outside the Caribbean hurricane belt and is rarely threatened www.exxun.com/Aruba/b_mp.html
belt mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt www.exxun.com/Brazil/b_mp.html
belt lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/b_mp.html
belt mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/b_mp.html
belt lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November www.exxun.com/Grenada/b_mp.html
belt lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts www.exxun.com/Haiti/b_mp.html
belt tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November; islands border typhoon belt www.exxun.com/MarshallIslands/b_mp.html
belt tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/b_mp.html
belt Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October; Curacao and Bonaire are south of Caribbean hurricane belt and are rarely threatened www.exxun.com/NetherlandsAntilles/b_mp.html
belt astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis www.exxun.com/Philippines/b_mp.html
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