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Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:230V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, F,
TV Systems:
System:PAL B / PAL G
DVD-Region: 2
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden
Area:
total: 323,802 sq km
land: 307,442 sq km
water: 16,360 sq km
Climate:
temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers; rainy year-round on west coast
Terrain:
glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north
Economy
GDP: $194.1 billion (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 3.9% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $42,300 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate: 1.6% (2005 est.)
Currency: Norwegian krone (NOK)
Exchange rates:
Norwegian kroner per US dollar - 6.4425 (2005), 6.7408 (2004), 7.0802 (2003), 7.9838 (2002), 8.9917 (2001)
People
Population: 4,610,820 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 0.38% (2006 est.)
Religions:
Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1% (2004)
Languages:
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami is official in six municipalities
Government
Capital:
name: Oslo
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Independence:
7 June 1905 (Norway declared the union with Sweden dissolved); 26 October 1905 (Sweden agreed to the repeal of the union)
Note: Information on Norway was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Norway, please visit one of the links below.
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