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General Information Area: 467.8 sq km (180.6 sq miles). Population: 66,334 (official estimate 2001). Population Density: 141.80 per sq km. Capital: Andorra la Vella. Population: 21,189 (1999). GEOGRAPHY: Andorra is situated in the eastern Pyrenees, bordered by France to the north and east and Spain to the south and west. It is roughly halfway between Barcelona and Toulouse. The landscape consists of gorges and narrow valleys surrounded by mountains. Much of the landscape is forested, but there are several areas of rich pastureland in the valleys. There are four rivers and several mountain lakes. Ski resorts and the spa town of Les Escaldes are Andorra’s main attractions. Government: Principality under the suzerainty of the President of France and the Spanish Bishop of Urgel. Heads of State: Co-Princes Joan Martí Alanis (Bishop of la Seu d’Urgell) and Jacques Chirac (President of France). Head of Government: Marc Forné Molne. Language: The official language is Catalan. Spanish and French are also spoken. Religion: Roman Catholic. Time: GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in October). Electricity: Sockets: 240 volts AC, 50Hz. Lighting: 125 volts AC. Communications:   Telephone Full IDD is available. Country code: 376. Outgoing international code: 0. Mobile telephone GSM 900 network covers practically the whole country. Main operator is STA (website: www.sta.ad). Internet ISPs include Andorra Online (website: www.andorraonline.ad). Internet cafes are readily available. Post Internal mail services are free; international mail takes about a week within Europe. A poste restante service is available in Andorra la Vella. Post office hours: 0900-1300 and 1500-1700 in Andorra la Vella, otherwise variable. Press Andorra has two daily newspapers, the Diari d’Andorra, and the Periodic D’Andorra and one weekly publication, the Poble Andorra. BBC World Service and Voice of America frequencies: From time to time these change. BBC (website: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice): MHz 15.49 12.10 9.410 6.195 Voice of America (website: www.voa.gov): MHz 15.21 11.83 9.760 1.197 From www.columbusguides.com, Copyright © 2004 Highbury Columbus Travel Publishing Terms and Conditions apply.