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Ireland OverviewCountry: Ireland (Ireland)Independence Day: December 6 (1921)National Day: March 17 (St. Patrick's Day)>>>Flag: a horizontal rectangle, the length and width ratio of 2:1.From left to right from the green, white, orange equivalent of three parallel vertical rectangular composition.Greenpeace representatives of the Catholic faith of the people of Ireland, the Irish symbol of the Green Formosa; representatives of the Protestant Orange and its followers, the color also from Italy in the Orange Order Nassau Palace of color, also said that the distinguished and wealth; symbol of white Catholics and New permanent truce between the religious believers, solidarity, but also symbolic of a bright future, freedom, democracy and the pursuit of peace.National Emblem: In order to shield logo.Blue Shield of surface painted with a golden harp.Symbol of the sea and the sky blue, harp for the Irish people love the "angel of the Qin."National flower: Samulaoke flowers (white clover)State bird: oyster snipeNational political figures: President Mary McAleese (Mary Mcaleese), 1997年10 he was elected and sworn into office in November; Prime Minister Bertie Ahern (Bertie Ahern), 1997年6月representation.Physical Geography: 70,282 square km area.In Europe the western part of the island of Ireland central and southern Taiwan.West by the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of the Northern Ireland border with the British, Irish Sea and the East at the British sea.A coastline of 3,169 km.Is the central hills and plains, coastal areas and more for the high ground.The longest river in River Shannon about 370 km.For the largest lake in the cloth by the lake (168 square kilometers).Is a temperate maritime climate.Ireland is known as "Fei Cuidao country," said.Population: 3.92 million (2002).For the vast majority of Irish people.The official language is Irish and English.Residents of 91.6 percent Roman Catholic and other Christian Protestant, and other residents.Capital: Dublin (Dublin), population 1.12 million (2002).Administrative Division: National divided into 26 counties and four county-level city and the seven-county level cities.Under the urban county and town.26 counties: Carroll, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Lai Yishi, Leitrim, Limo Rick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Mona Heng, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo and Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Weike Si Fude, Wicklow.Four county-level cities: Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford.A brief history: 3000 BC European immigrants began settling the island of Ireland.AD 432 years, this St. Patrick spread Christianity and Roman culture.Into the 12th century feudal society.1169 was the British invasion.1171 King Hengliershi the establishment of the rule of the right to love.1541 Ireland since the British monarch as King.Love in 1800 signed the Sino-British treaty of alliance, the establishment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United Kingdom complete the annexation.1916 Dublin outbreak of the Anti-British "Easter Uprising."With the Irish national independence movement of high, with the British Government of Ireland in December 1921 signed the Sino-British Treaty love, love to allow the southern 26 counties to set up a "free state" and enjoy autonomy.Six northern counties (now Northern Ireland) Renggui the United Kingdom.1937, the Irish Constitution declared that the "free state" for the Republic, but still remain in the Commonwealth.December 21, 1948, the Irish Parliament passed a law that from the Commonwealth.April 18, 1949, the British love to recognize an independent, but refused to return the northern part of six-gun.Ireland after independence, successive Irish governments to achieve the reunification of North and South of Ireland as a policy.September 2005, the International Independent Commission announced that the Irish Republican Army has fully disarmed, to join the peace process.Ireland Office of the PresidentPolitics: the current constitution on June 14, 1937 passed by Parliament, the same year entered into force on December 29, after the modified 10 times.Constitution: The state system for the Republic of Ireland, the president directly elected by voters for a term of seven years, and the right to dissolve parliament convened, the appointment of the Prime Minister and Minister of the Cabinet and the army commander in chief.Both houses of parliament by the president and composed.Economy: history, Ireland is a country dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, "the European manor," said.Ireland at the end of the 1950s started the open policy, the 1960s made rapid economic development.Since the 1980s, love to software, biotechnology and other high-tech industry driven economic development, and good investment environment to attract a lot of overseas investment, and completed by the agricultural and pastoral economy to a knowledge-based economy in transition.Since 1995, the love the national economy maintained rapid growth, as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in the fastest economic development of countries, as the "European tigers."Rich reserves of lead-zinc mine, is Europe's largest lead-zinc-producing countries.Peat of the country's total area of 13%.Natural gas reserves estimated at 38.2 billion cubic meters.70 percent of the energy needed to rely on imports."Messenger of Irish culture," said the large-scale dance drama "rivers of the Dance" combines Irish dance, Tita Wu, the Russian folk dance and Spanish dance and other forms of FulaminggeA major industrial electronics, telecommunications, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, machinery manufacturing, mining, textile, garment, leather, paper, printing, food processing, tobacco, wood processing, and other departments.In recent years, chemical, electronic engineering, computer software industry, and other advances, the traditional garment, footwear and leather industry share decreased significantly.Mainly to agriculture animal husbandry, food can not be self-sufficient.Livestock and agricultural products accounted for about 77.5 percent more than the GDP.The main crops are wheat, oats, potatoes, sugar beet, and so on.Of farmland and woodland area of the entire land area of 75%.Agricultural population 120,000, the proportion of the total labor force of 7 per cent.December 6, 2003, in Sanya City of Hainan at the 53rd Miss World finals, "Miss Ireland"罗莎娜戴维森its beautiful, smart and elegant answer to the style of the Year "Miss World" title.Xinhua / ReutersTourism is an important source of foreign exchange earnings.Over the years has been developing steadily.The famous tourist spots are the western Great Lakes region, coastal scenic areas, such as.Press and Publications: There are eight national daily.There are also five kinds and many weekly Sunday newspaper, and monthly magazines, more than 90 local newspapers.Major newspapers have, "Irish Times", "Irish Independent", "the Irish Evening Herald" and "the observer reported."Ai no official news agency.Ireland's state-run radio and television of Taiwan in 1926 to set up and start broadcasting.1961 started the broadcasting of television programmes.English radio.Air time throughout the year more than 9,500 hours.Another Irish radio.Diplomacy: pursue a neutral policy and will not participate in any military blocs.December 1999 accession to NATO "Partnership for Peace programme," but reiterated that no intention of joining NATO.With attention to developing the relationship between Britain and the United States and the European Union.Attention to the role of the UN and actively participate in peacekeeping operations.Actively developing overseas markets.Relations with China: June 22, 1979, Ireland established diplomatic relations with China.September 1998, Irish Prime Minister Ahern to visit China.September 2001, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji was invited to visit Ireland.October 2003, Irish President McAleese on a state visit to China.May 2004, Premier Wen Jiabao on an official visit to Ireland.January 2005, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern on an official visit to China.In the volume of trade between the two countries in 2002 reached 1.46 billion U.S. dollars in 2003, an increase of 60.5 percent of trade volume over 2.3 billion U.S. dollars.Reproduced: http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2002-06/18/content_446010.htm

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