Some random facts about Iceland
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| Budget: | revenues: $7.345 billion
expenditures: $6.655 billion; including capital expenditures of $467 million (2006 est.) |
| Exports - partners: | UK 17.9%, Germany 16.4%, Netherlands 13%, US 8.1%, Spain 7.7%, Denmark 4.3% (2005) |
| Total fertility rate: | 1.91 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| Location: | Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the UK |
| Political parties and leaders: | Independence Party or IP [Geir H. HAARDE]; Left-Green Movement or LGM [Steingrimur SIGFUSSON]; Liberal Party or LP [Gudjon KRISTJANSSON]; Progressive Party or PP [Jon SIGURDSSON]; Social Democratic Alliance or SDA [Ingibjorg Solrun GISLADOTTIR] (includes People's Alliance or PA, Social Democratic Party or SDP, Women's List) |
Vestur-Isafjardarsysla, Iceland