Inhabitants:
2,398,584 (est. 1-1-2018)
Growth rate: 0.46% (2017)
Life expectancy: men 73.3 years; women 77.4 years
Top 5 cities (+ inhabitants):
Rāģidz (214,179)
Divis (214,057)
Dzāvuniģis (194,872)
Kvēvuste (165,216)
Turiç (139,588)
Languages: official: Voskian, Gurdian, Voskian
Romantsch. Other: Italian, Greek, Albanian and others
Literacy: >99%
Religions: Greek-Orthodox (33%), Roman-Catholic
(31%), Islam (27%)
Universities: Turiç (1771), Kelvius (1824),
Divis (1948), Màjmal (1960)Capital:
Divis
Administrative divisions: three regions
(subdivided in sixteen provinces) and a capital district
Form of government: parliamentary republic
Head of state: president Bautasars Kustādzas, since 2018
Parliament: unicameral parliament with 229 seats
(Bōvēa/Kuvendi/La Dieta)
Main political parties: K-ĢP (socialdemocrats),
PD (conservatives, republicans) V-ĢP (liberaldemocrats),
MV (centre-liberals), MS (monarchists), IP
('Irtiazists', conservatives), KP (communists), PA
(farmers' party), SSA (socialist farmers' party)
Head of government:
Luçia Apavia (V-ĢP), since 2013
Başkim Arhali (PD), 2008 - 2013 (second time)
Gian Parpan (V-ĢP), 2007 - 2008
Başkim Arhali (PD), 2004 - 2007 (first time)
Ģiōģius Krugvavs (K-ĢP), 2002 - 2004
Minister of foreign affairs: Melpomenì Kerenģi-Çafa (MV),
since 2018
Membership international organisations: United
Nations, Council of Europe, Mediterranean Union, WHO,
FAO, ILO, OECD, IMF, World Bank, AGL, FICT, a.o.
Highest mountain:
Arsēc (1877 m)
Largest lake: Lake Neði
Longest river: Veçe
Climate: Mediterranean (Cs)
Average temperature in January and July: 5°C,
25°C
Average quantity of rain: 750 mm per year
GDP:
$33.74 billion (2017) = $14,065 per capita
Currency: 1 Krisis = 40 Petis = €0,61 (1-1-2018)
Inflation: 3.7% (2017 est.)
Unemployment: 8.1% (2017)
Working population: agriculture 42.9%, industry
25.1%, services 32.0%
Export: fruit and vegetables, dairy products,
clothing and textile, metals and asphalt, ...
Import: machinery, chemical products, food
products, ...
Main partners: European Union, Turkey
Main businesses: VosTelecom (telecommunication),
PēvAr (clothing and tapestries), Ģenikē Bankā Rāģigoş
(ĢBR, banking), ...
Main newspapers: The Voskian Times, Epēmèdza ek
Voşģioş, Voşkiko Loģuzvĕ, Botimi i Màjmalse, Socialisti,
Il Currier Quotidian
Roads: four lane
motorway A1 Kvēvuste-Rāģidz-Dzāvuniģis
Railroad companies: VŞS (lines
Ēdeza-Rāģidz-Dzāvuniģis-Pernādepūvis,
Dzāvuniģis-Arvūzo-Vazāzvĕ-Hibēzvĕ-Kelvius, and
Hygis-Pādģiōrs) and HG (Màjmal-Korv)
Airports: International airport of Divis, former
international airport of Rāģidz. Several smaller
airfields throughout the country (e.g. in Kelvius,
Pādģiōrs, Turiç, Todģekc, and Korv)
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