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Turkey Thematic Maps

Country (long form)	Republic of Turkey
Capital	Ankara
Total Area	301,383.62 sq mi 780,580.00 sq km (slightly larger than Texas)
Population	66,493,970 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	86,473,786
Languages	Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
Literacy	85% total, 94% male, 77% female (2000)
Religions	Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews)
Life Expectancy	68.89 male, 73.71 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	republican parliamentary democracy
Currency	Turkish lira (TL) = 100 kurus (theoretical)
GDP (per capita)	$6,800 (2000 est.)
Industry	textiles, food processing, autos, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper
Agriculture	tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock
Arable Land	32%
Natural Resources	antimony, coal, chromium, mercury, copper, borate, sulfur, iron ore, arable land, hydropower