Monaco

party to:

Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling

signed, but not ratified:

none of the selected agreements

noun:

Monegasque(s) or Monacan(s)

adjective:

Monegasque or Monacan

at birth:

1.04 male(s)/female

0-14 years:

1.05 male(s)/female

15-24 years:

1.08 male(s)/female

25-54 years:

0.98 male(s)/female

55-64 years:

1.02 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.81 male(s)/female

total population:

0.95 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

conventional long form:

Principality of Monaco

conventional short form:

Monaco

local long form:

Principaute de Monaco

local short form:

Monaco

name:

Monaco

geographic coordinates:

43 44 N, 7 25 E

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

• none;
• there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are four quarters (quartiers, singular - quartier);
• Fontvieille, La Condamine, Monaco-Ville, Monte-Carlo;
• note - Moneghetti, a part of La Condamine, is sometimes called the 5th quarter of Monaco

• previous 1911 (suspended 1959);
• latest adopted 17 December 1962;
• amended 2002 (2013)

highest court(s):

Supreme Court (consists of 5 permanent members and 2 substitutes)

judge selection and term of office:

Supreme Court members appointed by the monarch upon the proposals of the National Council, State Council, Crown Council, Court of Appeal, and Trial Court

subordinate courts:

Court of Appeal; Civil Court of First Instance

• Horizon Monaco [Laurent NOUVION]
• Renaissance [SBM (corporation)]
• Union Monegasque [Stephane VALERI]

chief of mission:

Ambassador Maguy Maccario DOYLE (since 3 December 2013)

chancery:

3400 International Drive NW, Suite 2K-100, Washington, DC 20008

telephone:

(202) 234-1530

FAX:

(202) 244-7656

consulate(s) general:

New York

• the US does not have an embassy in Monaco;
• the US Ambassador to France, currently Ambassador Charles H. RIVKIN, is accredited to Monaco;
• the US Consul General in Marseille (France), under the authority of the US ambassador to France, handles routine diplomatic and consular matters concerning Monaco

• two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white;
• the colors are those of the ruling House of Grimaldi and have been in use since 1339, making the flag one of the world's oldest national banners

note: similar to the flag of Indonesia which is longer and the flag of Poland which is white (top) and red

lowest 10%:

NA%

highest 10%:

NA%

general assessment:

modern automatic telephone system; the country's sole fixed line operator offers a full range of services to residential and business customers

domestic:

combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 200 per 100 persons

international:

• country code - 377;
• no satellite earth stations;
• connected by cable into the French communications system (2011)

• TV Monte-Carlo (TMC) operates a TV network;
• cable TV available;
• Radio Monte-Carlo has extensive radio networks in France and Italy with French-language broadcasts to France beginning in the 1960s and Italian-language broadcasts to Italy beginning in the 1970s;
• other radio stations include Riviera Radio and Radio Monaco (2012)

total:

77 km

country comparison to the world: 217

paved:

77 km (2010)

males age 16-49:

4,629

females age 16-49:

4,597 (2010 est.)

male:

153

female:

141 (2010 est.)