W.G.: Country Data Sheet
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Natural
Hazards
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India
Hindu 80.5%,
Muslim 13. 4%,
Christian 2. 3%, Sikh
1.9%, ot her 1.8%,
uns pecified 0.1%
15 August 1947 (from
the UK)
Indi an rupees (INR)
per US doll ar 53. 17
UAE 12.7%, US 10. 8%, Chi na
6.2%, Singapor e 5. 3%, Hong Kong
4.1%
Bahrain
Muslim (Shia and
Sunni) 81. 2%,
Christian 9%, ot her
9.8%
droughts; flash
floods, as well as
widespread and
destructi ve fl oodi ng
from monsoonal
rains; sever e
thunderstorms;
eart hquakes
vol canism:
peri odic droughts;
dust storms
15 August 1971 (from
the UK
Bahrai ni di nars
(BHD) per US doll ar
0.376
Saudi Arabi a 3. 3%, UAE 2. 2%,
Japan 2%, Qat ar 1. 9%
Israel
Jewish 75. 6%,
Muslim 16. 9%,
Christian 2%, Druze
1.7%, ot her 3.8%
sandstorms may
occur during spri ng
and summer;
droughts; periodic
eart hquakes
14 May 1948 (fr om
League of Nati ons
mandate under
British admi nistration
new Israeli s hek els
(ILS) per US doll ar 3.903
US 28. 8%, Hong Kong 7. 9%,
Bel gium 5. 6%, UK 5%, Indi a 4. 5%,
Chi na 4%
Sri Lanka
Buddhist (official)
69. 1%, Muslim
7.6%, Hindu 7. 1%,
Christian 6. 2%,
uns pecified 10%
occasional cycl ones
and tor nadoes
4 Febr uary 1948
(from the UK
Sri Lank an r upees
(LKR) per US doll ar
127. 3
US 19. 8%, UK 9. 2%, I ndi a 6.5%,
Italy 5%, Germany 5%, Bel gium
4.4%
Egypt
Muslim (mostl y
Sunni) 90%, Coptic
9%, ot her Christi an
1%
peri odic droughts;
frequent
eart hquakes; flash
floods; landsli des;
hot, drivi ng
windstorms call ed
khamsi n occur i n
spring; dust storms;
sandstorms
28 Febr uar y 1922
(from UK
prot ectorat e stat us;
the r evol ution that
began on 23 Jul y
1952 led to a
republic bei ng
decl ared on 18 June
1953 and all Britis h
troops withdrawn on
18 J une 1956); not e it was ca. 3200 B.C.
that t he Two Lands
of Upper (sout hern)
and Lower (n ort her n)
Egypt wer e first
unit ed politicall y
Egypti an pounds
(EGP) per US doll ar
6.05
Italy 8.7%, India 7.3%, Saudi
Arabia 6.1%, US 5. 2%, Tur key
4.9%, Spai n 4. 2%, France 4.2%
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20 March 1956 (from
France)
Tunisian di nars
(TND) per US doll ar
1.563
France 29. 5%, Ital y 19. 3%,
Germany 10. 3%, Libya 6. 6%
Tunisia
Muslim (Islam official) 98%,
Christian 1%,
Jewish and ot her
1%
Yemen
Muslim (Islam official) incl udi ng
Shaf'i (Sunni) and
Zaydi ( Shi a), small
numbers of Jewish,
Christian, and Hi ndu
Muslim (Islam official) 96% (Shi a
16%), other
(includes Christian,
Hindu) 4%
sandstorms and dust
storms in summer
vol canism
22 May 1990
Yemeni rials (YER)
per US doll ar 215. 6
Chi na 29.5%, Thail and 13. 4%,
South Kor ea 10.6%, India 7.5%,
Japan 6%, US 5. 8%, UAE 4.7%
frequent sand and
dust storms
2 December 1971
(from the UK)
Emirati dirhams
(AED) per US doll ar
3.673
Japan 16. 2%, I ndi a 13. 5%, Iran
10. 9%, South Kor ea 5. 6%,
Thailand 5. 5%, Si ngapore 4.4%
Kazakhstan
Muslim 47%,
Russian Orthodox
44%, Prot estant 2%,
other 7%
eart hquakes in t he
sout h; mudslides
16 Dec ember 1991
(from the Sovi et
Uni on)
tenge (KZT) per US
doll ar 148. 6
Chi na 21.7%, France 9.4%,
Germany 8.3%, Russia 5. 3%, Italy
5.2%, Canada 4.5%, Romania
4.5%
Pakistan
Muslim (official)
96. 4% (Sunni 8590%, Shia 10- 15%),
other (includes
Christian and Hi ndu)
3.6%
14 August 1947 (from
British India)
Pakistani rupees
(PKR) per US doll ar
95. 1
US 15%, UAE 9. 7%, Af ghanistan
9.5%, Chi na 9. 2%, UK 5%,
Germany 4.5%
United States
Prot estant 51.3%,
Roman Catholic
23. 9%, Mormon
1.7%, ot her
Christian 1. 6%,
Jewish 1.7%,
Buddhist 0. 7%,
Muslim 0. 6%, other
or unspecified 2. 5%,
unaffiliat ed 12.1%,
none 4%
frequent
eart hquakes,
occasionall y sever e
especiall y in nort h
and west; floodi ng
along the Indus after
heavy r ains
tsunamis; volcanoes;
eart hquake,
hurricanes,
tornadoes, floodi ng,
4 Jul y 1776
(declar ed); 3
September 1783
(recogni zed by Gr eat
Britai n)
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Canada 19%, Mexico 13. 3%,
Chi na 7%, Japan 4.5%
United Arab
Emirates