Project Gutenberg 1999-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 1915 United States. Central Intelligence Agency Agency, United States. Central Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.) CIA (Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.)) The 1997 CIA World Factbook Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook Produced by Dr. Gregory B. Newby "The 1997 CIA World Factbook" by the United States Central Intelligence Agency is a comprehensive reference guide published in the late 20th century. It provides detailed information about various nations and territories, including geographical, political, economic, and social data, aimed primarily at U.S. government officials and policymakers. The book gives an overview of each entity's demographics, governance, military, and significant issues. The opening of the publication presents the structure and components of the Factbook, explaining its origins and purpose in the context of U.S. intelligence. It describes how the Factbook compiles, integrates, and disseminates essential information about countries worldwide based on contributions from multiple U.S. governmental agencies. Additionally, the introduction outlines the inclusion of various countries, categorized by geographical location, along with details about significant changes made in the 1997 edition, such as updated maps, classifications, and enhanced demographic data. This segment sets the stage for an in-depth exploration of each country's profile, beginning with Afghanistan, while emphasizing the Factbook's role as a vital reference for understanding global dynamics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 39.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. en World politics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Geography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Political science -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Political statistics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. G Text CIA World Factbooks Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 3660217 2025-08-01T10:39:10.703095 text/html 3660038 2025-01-07T18:01:03.176325 text/html 1168468 2025-08-01T10:39:55.366802 application/epub+zip 1270351 2025-08-01T10:39:16.593024 application/epub+zip 1250901 2025-08-01T10:39:13.983064 application/epub+zip 2448845 2025-08-01T10:40:23.282755 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2244983 2025-08-01T10:39:52.556830 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2201621 2022-09-01T11:59:38.086060 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3099718 2025-08-01T10:39:07.452111 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 3099648 2020-12-31T13:38:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 914637 2020-12-31T13:38:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3099664 2020-12-31T13:38:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 914594 2020-12-31T13:38:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20049 2025-08-01T10:40:23.484660 application/rdf+xml 14726 2025-08-01T10:39:14.584015 image/jpeg 3980 2025-08-01T10:39:14.290026 image/jpeg 1129273 2025-08-01T10:39:10.875057 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia