Electricity - exports:1.1 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:4.6 billion kWh (2002)
Oil - production:5,992 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:405,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:84,720 bbl/day (2001)
Oil - imports:468,300 bbl/day (2001)
Oil - proved reserves:4.5 million bbl (1 January 2002)
Natural gas - production:35 million cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:2.021 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - exports:0 cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - imports:2.018 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:254.9 million cu m (1 January 2002)
Current account balance:$-8 billion (2004 est.)
Exports:$15.5 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products,chemicals, textiles
Exports - partners:Germany 13.2%, Italy 10.3%, UK 7.5%, Bulgaria 6.3%, US 5.3%, Cyprus4.6%, Turkey 4.5%, France 4.2% (2004)
Imports:$54.28 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:machinery, transport equipment, fuels, chemicals
Imports - partners:Germany 13.3%, Italy 12.8%, France 6.4%, Netherlands 5.5%, Russia5.5%, US 4.4%, UK 4.2%, South Korea 4.1% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:$7.3 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:$67.23 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:$8 billion from EU (2000-06)
Currency (code):euro (EUR)note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced theeuro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions ofmember countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the solecurrency for everyday transactions within the member countries
Currency code:EUR
Exchange rates:euros per US dollar - 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002),1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000)
Fiscal year:calendar year
Communications Greece
Telephones - main lines in use:5,205,100 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:8,936,200 (2003)
Telephone system:general assessment: adequate, modern networks reach all areas; goodmobile telephone and international servicedomestic: microwave radio relay trunk system; extensive open-wireconnections; submarine cable to offshore islandsinternational: country code - 30; tropospheric scatter; 8 submarinecables; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and1 Indian Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 26, FM 88, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios:5.02 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:36 (plus 1,341 low-power repeaters); also two stations in the USArmed Forces Radio and Television Service (1995)
Televisions:2.54 million (1997)
Internet country code:.gr
Internet hosts:208,977 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):27 (2000)
Internet users:1,718,400 (2003)
Transportation Greece
Railways:total: 2,571 km (764 km electrified)standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gaugenarrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gaugedual gauge: 23 km combined 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (three railsystem) (2004)
Highways:total: 117,000 kmpaved: 107,406 km (including 470 km of expressways)unpaved: 9,594 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:6 kmnote: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortenssea voyage by 325 km (2004)
Pipelines:gas 1,166 km; oil 94 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:Agioitheodoroi, Aspropyrgos, Irakleion, Pachi, Peiraiefs,Thessaloniki
Merchant marine:total: 861 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,186,624 GRT/52,943,968 DWTby type: bulk carrier 296, cargo 65, chemical tanker 47, combinationore/oil 2, container 46, liquefied gas 2, passenger 13,passenger/cargo 121, petroleum tanker 252, roll on/roll off 17foreign-owned: 25 (Chile 1, China 1, Cyprus 5, Norway 6, Sweden 1,United Kingdom 11)registered in other countries: 2,208 (2005)
Airports:80 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 66 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 16 1,524 to 2,437 m: 20 914 to 1,523 m: 16 under 914 m: 9 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 14 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)
Heliports: 7 (2004 est.)
Military Greece
Military branches:Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force (PolemikiAeroporia, EPA)
Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment after reaching January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 17 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation - 12 months for the Army and Air Force, 15 months for Navy (2005)
Manpower available for military service:males age 18-49: 2,459,988 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:males age 18-49: 2,018,557 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:males: 58,399 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:$5.89 billion (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:4.3% (2003)
Transnational Issues Greece
Disputes - international:Greece and Turkey continue discussions to resolve their complexmaritime, air, territorial, and boundary disputes in the Aegean Sea;Cyprus question with Turkey; Greece rejects the use of the nameMacedonia or Republic of Macedonia
Illicit drugs:a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis and heroinfrom the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursorchemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or isconsumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking andorganized crime
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@Greenland
Introduction Greenland
Background:The world's largest island, Greenland is about 81% ice-capped.Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland; Danishcolonization began in the 18th century and Greenland was made anintegral part of Denmark in 1953. It joined the European Community(now the European Union) with Denmark in 1973 but withdrew in 1985over a dispute over stringent fishing quotas. Greenland was grantedself-government in 1979 by the Danish parliament. The law went intoeffect the following year. Denmark continues to exercise control ofGreenland's foreign affairs.
Geography Greenland
Location:Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and theNorth Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada
Geographic coordinates:72 00 N, 40 00 W
Map references:Arctic Region
Area:total: 2,166,086 sq kmland: 2,166,086 sq km (410,449 sq km ice-free, 1,755,637 sq kmice-covered) (2000 est.)
Area - comparative:slightly more than three times the size of Texas
Land boundaries:0 km
Coastline:44,087 km
Maritime claims:territorial sea: 3 nmcontinental shelf: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median lineexclusive fishing zone: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line
Climate:arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters
Terrain:flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow,mountainous, barren, rocky coast
Elevation extremes:lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 mhighest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m
Natural resources:coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, gold, platinum, uranium,fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas
Land use:arable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2001)
Irrigated land:NA sq km
Natural hazards:continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island
Environment - current issues:protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the Inuittraditional way of life, including whaling and seal hunting
Geography - note:dominates North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe;sparse population confined to small settlements along coast, butclose to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk;world's second largest ice cap
People Greenland
Population:56,375 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 25% (male 7,216/female 6,888)15-64 years: 68.7% (male 20,897/female 17,823)65 years and over: 6.3% (male 1,672/female 1,879) (2005 est.)
Median age:total: 33.83 yearsmale: 35.15 yearsfemale: 32.14 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:-0.02% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:15.93 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:7.77 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:-8.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:at birth: 1.02 male(s)/femaleunder 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female15-64 years: 1.17 male(s)/female65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/femaletotal population: 1.12 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 15.82 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 17.15 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 14.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 69.65 yearsmale: 66.07 yearsfemale: 73.31 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate:2.41 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:100 (1999)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:NA
Nationality:noun: Greenlander(s)adjective: Greenlandic
Ethnic groups:Greenlander 88% (Inuit and Greenland-born whites), Danish andothers 12% (January 2000)
Religions:Evangelical Lutheran
Languages:Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English
Literacy: definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA% note: similar to Denmark proper
Government Greenland
Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Greenland local long form: none local short form: Kalaallit Nunaat
Dependency status:part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseasadministrative division of Denmark since 1979
Government type:parliamentary democracy within a constitutional monarchy
Capital:Nuuk (Godthab)
Administrative divisions:3 districts (landsdele); Avannaa (Nordgronland), Tunu(Ostgronland), Kitaa (Vestgronland)note: there are 18 municipalities in Greenland
Independence:none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; foreign affairs is theresponsibility of Denmark, but Greenland actively participates ininternational agreements relating to Greenland)
National holiday:June 21 (longest day)
Constitution:5 June 1953 (Danish constitution)
Legal system:Danish
Suffrage:18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:chief of state: Queen MARGRETHE II of Denmark (since 14 January1972), represented by High Commissioner Peter LAURITEEN (since NA2002)head of government: Prime Minister Hans ENOKSEN (since 14 December2002)cabinet: Home Rule Government is elected by the parliament(Landstinget) on the basis of the strength of partieselections: the monarchy is hereditary; high commissioner appointedby the monarch; prime minister is elected by parliament (usually theleader of the majority party); election last held 3 December 2002(next to be held December 2006)election results: Hans ENOKSEN elected prime ministernote: government coalition - Siumut and Inuit Ataqatigiit
Legislative branch:unicameral Parliament or Landstinget (31 seats; members are electedby popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to servefour-year terms)elections: last held on 3 December 2002 (next to be held by December2006)election results: percent of vote by party - Siumut 28.7%, InuitAtaqatigiit 25.5%, Atassut Party 20.4%, Demokratiit 15.6%,Katusseqatigiit 5.3%; seats by party - Siumut 10, Inuit Ataqatigiit8, Atassut 7, Demokratiit 5, Katusseqatigiit 1note: two representatives were elected to the Danish Parliament orFolketing on 8 February 2005 (next to be held February 2009);percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Siumut 1, InuitAtaqatigiit 1
Judicial branch:High Court or Landsret (appeals can be made to the Ostre Landsretor Eastern Division of the High Court or Supreme Court in Copenhagen)
Political parties and leaders:Atassut Party (Solidarity, a conservative party favoring continuingclose relations with Denmark) [Augusta SALLING]; Demokratiit [PerBERTHELSEN]; Inuit Ataqatigiit or IA (Eskimo Brotherhood, a leftistparty favoring complete independence from Denmark rather than homerule) [Josef MOTZFELDT]; Issituup (Polar Party) [Nicolai HEINRICH];Kattusseqatigiit (Candidate List, an independent right-of-centerparty with no official platform [leader NA]; Siumut (Forward Party,a social democratic party advocating more distinct Greenlandicidentity and greater autonomy from Denmark) [Hans ENOKSEN]
Political pressure groups and leaders:NA
International organization participation:NC, NIB, UPU
Diplomatic representation in the US:none (self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark)
Diplomatic representation from the US:none (self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark)
Flag description:two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a large diskslightly to the hoist side of center - the top half of the disk isred, the bottom half is white
Economy Greenland
Economy - overview:The economy remains critically dependent on exports of fish andsubstantial support from the Danish Government, which supplies abouthalf of government revenues. The public sector, includingpublicly-owned enterprises and the municipalities, plays thedominant role in the economy. Despite several interestinghydrocarbon and minerals exploration activities, it will takeseveral years before production can materialize. Tourism is the onlysector offering any near-term potential, and even this is limiteddue to a short season and high costs.
GDP (purchasing power parity):$1.1 billion (2001 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:1.8% (2001 est.)
GDP - per capita:purchasing power parity - $20,000 (2001 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
Labor force:24,500 (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:10% (2000 est.)
Population below poverty line:NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:lowest 10%: NA%highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):1.6% (1999 est.)
Budget:revenues: $646 millionexpenditures: $629 million, including capital expenditures of $85million (1999)
Agriculture - products:forage crops, garden and greenhouse vegetables; sheep, reindeer;fish
Industries:fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut); gold,niobium, tantalite, uranium, iron and diamond mining; handicrafts,hides and skins, small shipyards
Industrial production growth rate:NA%
Electricity - production:245 million kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source:fossil fuel: 100%hydro: 0%nuclear: 0%other: 0%note: Greenland is shifting its electricity production from fossilfuel to hydropower production (2001)
Electricity - consumption:227.9 million kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports:0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:0 kWh (2002)
Oil - production:0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:3,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:NA
Oil - imports:NA
Exports:$388 million f.o.b. (2002)
Exports - commodities:fish and fish products 94% (prawns 63%)
Exports - partners:Denmark 63.8%, Japan 12.6%, China 3.9% (2004)
Imports:$445 million c.i.f. (2002)
Imports - commodities:machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food,petroleum products
Imports - partners:Denmark 78.7%, Sweden 11.9%, Norway 2.7% (2004)
Debt - external:$25 million (1999)
Economic aid - recipient:$380 million subsidy from Denmark (1997)
Currency (code):Danish krone (DKK)
Currency code:DKK
Exchange rates:Danish kroner per US dollar - 5.9911 (2004), 6.5877 (2003), 7.8947(2002), 8.3228 (2001), 8.0831 (2000)
Fiscal year:calendar year
Communications Greenland
Telephones - main lines in use:26,000 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular:16,747 (2001)
Telephone system:general assessment: adequate domestic and international serviceprovided by satellite, cables and microwave radio relay; totallydigitalized in 1995domestic: microwave radio relay and satelliteinternational: country code - 299; satellite earth stations - 12Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, 2 Americom GE-2 (all Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 5, FM 12, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:30,000 (1998 est.)
Television broadcast stations:1 publicly-owned station, some local low-power stations, and threeAFRTS (US Air Force) stations (1997)
Televisions:30,000 (1998 est.)
Internet country code:.gl
Internet hosts:2,642 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):1 (2000)
Internet users:20,000 (2002)
Transportation Greenland
Highways:total: NA (there are no roads between towns) (2003)
Ports and harbors:Sisimiut
Merchant marine:total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 4,593 GRT/3,640 DWTby type: cargo 1, passenger 2foreign-owned: 1 (Denmark 1)registered in other countries: 1 (2005)
Airports:14 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 9 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 5 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 51,524 to 2,437 m: 1914 to 1,523 m: 2under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Military Greenland
Military - note: defense is the responsibility of Denmark
Transnational Issues Greenland
Disputes - international: uncontested dispute between Canada and Denmark over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland
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@Grenada
Introduction Grenada
Background:One of the smallest independent countries in the westernhemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US forces andthose of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured theringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free electionswere reinstituted the following year.
Geography Grenada
Location:Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean,north of Trinidad and Tobago
Geographic coordinates:12 07 N, 61 40 W
Map references:Central America and the Caribbean
Area:total: 344 sq kmland: 344 sq kmwater: 0 sq km
Area - comparative:twice the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:0 km
Coastline:121 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate:tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
Terrain:volcanic in origin with central mountains
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
Natural resources: timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors
Land use: arable land: 5.88% permanent crops: 29.41% other: 64.71% (2001)
Irrigated land:NA sq km
Natural hazards:lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June toNovember
Environment - current issues:NA
Environment - international agreements:party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-KyotoProtocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, OzoneLayer Protection, Whalingsigned, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note:the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group isdivided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
People Grenada
Population:89,502 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 33.9% (male 15,329/female 14,997)15-64 years: 62.7% (male 29,711/female 26,436)65 years and over: 3.4% (male 1,431/female 1,598) (2005 est.)
Median age:total: 21.26 yearsmale: 21.73 yearsfemale: 20.76 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:0.19% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:22.3 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:7.17 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:-13.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:at birth: 1 male(s)/femaleunder 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female15-64 years: 1.12 male(s)/female65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/femaletotal population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 14.62 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 14.18 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 15.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 64.53 yearsmale: 62.74 yearsfemale: 66.31 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate:2.37 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:NA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:NA
Nationality:noun: Grenadian(s)adjective: Grenadian
Ethnic groups:black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian
Religions:Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%
Languages:English (official), French patois
Literacy:definition: age 15 and over can read and writetotal population: 98%male: 98%female: 98% (1970 est.)
Government Grenada
Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Grenada
Government type:constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style parliament
Capital:Saint George's
Administrative divisions:6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petit Martinique*,Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark,Saint Patrick
Independence:7 February 1974 (from UK)
National holiday:Independence Day, 7 February (1974)
Constitution:19 December 1973
Legal system:based on English common law
Suffrage:18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952),represented by Governor General Daniel WILLIAMS (since 9 August 1996)head of government: Prime Minister Keith MITCHELL (since 22 June1995)cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice ofthe prime ministerelections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor generalappointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, theleader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalitionis usually appointed prime minister by the governor general
Legislative branch:bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 13-member body, 10appointed by the government and three by the leader of theopposition) and the House of Representatives (15 seats; members areelected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)elections: last held on 27 November 2003 (next to be held byNovember 2008)election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote byparty - NA%; seats by party - NNP 8, NDC 7
Judicial branch:West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate judgeresides in Grenada)
Political parties and leaders:Grenada United Labor Party or GULP [Gloria Payne BANFIELD];National Democratic Congress or NDC [Tillman THOMAS]; New NationalParty or NNP [Keith MITCHELL]; People Labor Movement or PLM [Dr.Francis ALEXIS]
Political pressure groups and leaders:NA
International organization participation:ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA,IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber),ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW (signatory), UN,UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Denis G. ANTOINE chancery: 1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 telephone: [1] (202) 265-2561 FAX: [1] (202) 265-2468 consulate(s) general: New York
Diplomatic representation from the US:chief of mission: the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited toGrenadaembassy: Lance-aux-Epines Stretch, Saint George'smailing address: P. O. Box 54, Saint George's, Grenada, West Indiestelephone: [1] (473) 444-1173 through 1176FAX: [1] (473) 444-4820
Flag description:a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top andbottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a redborder around the flag; there are seven yellow, five-pointed starswith three centered in the top red border, three centered in thebottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the centerof the flag; there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-sidetriangle (Grenada is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg,after Indonesia); the seven stars represent the seven administrativedivisions
Economy Grenada
Economy - overview:Grenada relies on tourism as its main source of foreign exchange,especially since the construction of an international airport in1985. Strong performances in construction and manufacturing,together with the development of an offshore financial industry,have also contributed to growth in national output.
GDP (purchasing power parity):$440 million (2002 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:2.5% (2002 est.)
GDP - per capita:purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2002 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 7.7% industry: 23.9% services: 68.4% (2000)
Labor force:42,300 (1996)
Labor force - by occupation:agriculture 24%, industry 14%, services 62% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:12.5% (2000)
Population below poverty line:32% (2000)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:lowest 10%: NAhighest 10%: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices):2.8% (2001 est.)
Budget:revenues: $85.8 millionexpenditures: $102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28million (1997)
Agriculture - products:bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops,sugarcane, corn, vegetables
Industries:food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism,construction
Industrial production growth rate:0.7% (1997 est.)
Electricity - production:149 million kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:138.6 million kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports:0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:0 kWh (2002)
Oil - production:0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:1,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:NA
Oil - imports:NA
Exports:$46 million (2002 est.)
Exports - commodities:bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace
Exports - partners:Saint Lucia 12.7%, US 12.2%, Antigua and Barbuda 8.7%, Netherlands7.9%, Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.8%, Dominica 7.8%, Germany 7.1%,France 4.6% (2004)
Imports:$208 million (2002 est.)
Imports - commodities:food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel
Imports - partners:Trinidad and Tobago 29.6%, US 27.8%, UK 4.8% (2004)
Debt - external:$196 million (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:$8.3 million (1995)
Currency (code):East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Currency code:XCD
Exchange rates:East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003), 2.7(2002), 2.7 (2001), 2.7 (2000)
Fiscal year:calendar year
Communications Grenada
Telephones - main lines in use:33,500 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:7,600 (2002)
Telephone system:general assessment: automatic, islandwide telephone systemdomestic: interisland VHF and UHF radiotelephone linksinternational: country code - 1-473; new SHF radiotelephone links toTrinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links toTrinidad
Radio broadcast stations:AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:57,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:2 (1997)
Televisions:33,000 (1997)
Internet country code:.gd
Internet hosts:18 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):14 (2000)
Internet users:15,000 (2002)
Transportation Grenada
Highways: total: 1,040 km paved: 638 km unpaved: 402 km (1999 est.)
Ports and harbors:Saint George's
Airports:3 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 32,438 to 3,047 m: 11,524 to 2,437 m: 1under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Military Grenada
Military branches:no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force
Military expenditures - dollar figure:NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:NA
Transnational Issues Grenada
Disputes - international:none
Illicit drugs:small-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment point formarijuana and cocaine to US
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@Guadeloupe
Introduction Guadeloupe
Background:Guadeloupe has been a French possession since 1635. The island ofSaint Martin is shared with the Netherlands; its southern portion isnamed Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands Antilles and itsnorthern portion is named Saint-Martin and is part of Guadeloupe
Geography Guadeloupe
Location:Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North AtlanticOcean, southeast of Puerto Rico
Geographic coordinates:16 15 N, 61 35 W
Map references:Central America and the Caribbean
Area:total: 1,780 sq kmland: 1,706 sq kmwater: 74 sq kmnote: Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands,including Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Desirade,Iles des Saintes (2), Saint-Barthelemy, Iles de la Petite Terre, andSaint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin)
Area - comparative:10 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries: total: 10.2 km border countries: Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 10.2 km
Coastline: 306 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate:subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity
Terrain:Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains;Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven otherislands are volcanic in origin
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Soufriere 1,484 m
Natural resources: cultivable land, beaches and climate that foster tourism
Land use: arable land: 11.24% permanent crops: 3.55% other: 85.21% (2001)
Irrigated land:20 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards:hurricanes (June to October); Soufriere de Guadeloupe is an activevolcano
Environment - current issues:NA
Geography - note:a narrow channel, the Riviere Salee, divides Guadeloupe proper intotwo islands: the larger, western Basse-Terre and the smaller,eastern Grande-Terre
People Guadeloupe
Population:448,713 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 24% (male 55,072/female 52,677)15-64 years: 66.9% (male 148,880/female 151,238)65 years and over: 9.1% (male 17,032/female 23,814) (2005 est.)
Median age:total: 31.81 yearsmale: 30.91 yearsfemale: 32.73 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:0.92% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:15.42 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:6.06 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:-0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:at birth: 1.05 male(s)/femaleunder 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/femaletotal population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 8.6 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 9.81 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 7.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 77.9 yearsmale: 74.74 yearsfemale: 81.21 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate:1.91 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:NA
Nationality:noun: Guadeloupian(s)adjective: Guadeloupe
Ethnic groups:black or mulatto 90%, white 5%, East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese lessthan 5%
Religions:Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant 1%
Languages:French (official) 99%, Creole patois
Literacy:definition: age 15 and over can read and writetotal population: 90%male: 90%female: 90% (1982 est.)
Government Guadeloupe
Country name:conventional long form: Department of Guadeloupeconventional short form: Guadeloupelocal long form: Departement de la Guadeloupelocal short form: Guadeloupe
Dependency status:overseas department of France
Government type:NA
Capital:Basse-Terre
Administrative divisions:none (overseas department of France)
Independence:none (overseas department of France)
National holiday:Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
Constitution:4 October 1958 (French Constitution)
Legal system:French legal system
Suffrage:18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May1995), represented by Prefect Paul GIROT DE LANGLADE (since 17August 2004)head of government: President of the General Council Jacques GILLOT(since 26 March 2001); President of the Regional Council VictorinLUREL (since 2 April 2004)cabinet: NAelections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-yearterm; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of theFrench Ministry of Interior; the presidents of the General andRegional Councils are elected by the members of those councilselection results: NA
Legislative branch:unicameral General Council or Conseil General (42 seats; membersare elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and theunicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (41 seats; membersare elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)elections: General Council - last held March 2004 (next to be heldby NA 2010); Regional Council - last held 28 March 2004 (next to beheld NA 2010)election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA%;seats by party - left-wing candidates 11, PS 8, RPR 8, PPDG 6,right-wing candidates 5, PCG 3, UDF 1; Regional Council (secondround) - percent of vote by party - PS 58.4%, UMP 41.6%; seats byparty - PS 29, UMP 12note: Guadeloupe elects two representatives to the French Senate;elections last held September 2004 (next to be held September 2013);percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA, Guadeloupeelects four representatives to the French National Assembly;elections last held 9 June-16 June 2002 (next to be held NA 2007);percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR 2, PS 1,different right parties 1
Judicial branch:Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe,French Guiana, and Martinique
Political parties and leaders:Communist Party of Guadeloupe or PCG [Mona CADOCE]; FGPS [DominiqueLARIFLA]; Left Radical Party or PRG [Flavien FERRANT]; ProgressiveDemocratic Party or PPDG [Henri BANGOU]; Socialist Party or PS[Marlene MELISSE and Favrot DAVRAIN]; Union for French Democracy orUDF [Marcel ESDRAS]; Union for a Popular Movement or UMP (includingRPR) [Robert JOYEUX]
Political pressure groups and leaders:Christian Movement for the Liberation of Guadeloupe or KLPG;General Federation of Guadeloupe Workers or CGT-G; General Union ofGuadeloupe Workers or UGTG; Movement for Independent Guadeloupe orMPGI; The Socialist Renewal Movement
International organization participation:WCL, WFTU
Diplomatic representation in the US:none (overseas department of France)
Diplomatic representation from the US:none (overseas department of France)
Flag description:the flag of France is used
Economy Guadeloupe
Economy - overview:The Caribbean economy depends on agriculture, tourism, lightindustry, and services. It also depends on France for largesubsidies and imports. Tourism is a key industry, with most touristsfrom the US; an increasingly large number of cruise ships visit theislands. The traditional sugarcane crop is slowly being replaced byother crops, such as bananas (which now supply about 50% of exportearnings), eggplant, and flowers. Other vegetables and root cropsare cultivated for local consumption, although Guadeloupe is stilldependent on imported food, mainly from France. Light industryfeatures sugar and rum production. Most manufactured goods and fuelare imported. Unemployment is especially high among the young.Hurricanes periodically devastate the economy.
GDP (purchasing power parity):$3.513 billion (2003 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:NA%
GDP - per capita:purchasing power parity - $7,900 (2003 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 15% industry: 17% services: 68% (1997 est.)
Labor force:125,900 (1997)
Labor force - by occupation:NA
Unemployment rate:27.8% (1998)
Population below poverty line:NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:lowest 10%: NA%highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):NA%
Budget:revenues: $225 millionexpenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105million (1996)
Agriculture - products: bananas, sugarcane, tropical fruits and vegetables; cattle, pigs, goats
Industries:construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism
Industrial production growth rate:NA%
Electricity - production:1.16 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:1.079 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports:0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:0 kWh (2002)
Oil - production:0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:13,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:NA
Oil - imports:NA
Exports:$140 million f.o.b. (1997)
Exports - commodities:bananas, sugar, rum
Exports - partners:France 60%, Martinique 18%, US 4% (1999)
Imports:$1.7 billion c.i.f. (1997)
Imports - commodities:foodstuffs, fuels, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods,construction materials
Imports - partners:France 63%, Germany 4%, US 3%, Japan 2%, Netherlands Antilles 2%(1999)
Debt - external:$NA (yearend 2003 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:NA; note - substantial annual French subsidies (2004)
Currency (code):euro (EUR)
Currency code:EUR
Exchange rates:euros per US dollar - 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002),1.1175 j(2001), 1.0854 (2000)
Fiscal year:calendar year
Communications Guadeloupe
Telephones - main lines in use:210,000 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular:323,500 (2002)
Telephone system:general assessment: domestic facilities inadequatedomestic: NAinternational: country code - 590; satellite earth station - 1Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay to Antigua andBarbuda, Dominica, and Martinique
Radio broadcast stations:AM 1, FM 17, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:113,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:5 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:118,000 (1997)
Internet country code:.gp
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):3 (2000)
Internet users:20,000 (2002)
Transportation Guadeloupe
Highways:total: 947 km (2002)
Ports and harbors:Basse-Terre, Gustavia, Pointe-a-Pitre
Merchant marine: total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,240 GRT/109 DWT by type: passenger 1 foreign-owned: 1 (France 1) (2005)
Airports: 9 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 8 over 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 5 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 1under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Military Guadeloupe
Military branches:no regular military forces
Military - note:defense is the responsibility of France
Transnational Issues Guadeloupe
Disputes - international: none
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005
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@Guam
Introduction Guam
Background:Guam was ceded to the US by Spain in 1898. Captured by the Japanesein 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The militaryinstallation on the island is one of the most strategicallyimportant US bases in the Pacific.
Geography Guam
Location:Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters ofthe way from Hawaii to the Philippines
Geographic coordinates:13 28 N, 144 47 E
Map references:Oceania
Area:total: 549 sq kmland: 549 sq kmwater: 0 sq km
Area - comparative:three times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:0 km
Coastline:125.5 km
Maritime claims:territorial sea: 12 nmexclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate:tropical marine; generally warm and humid, moderated by northeasttrade winds; dry season from January to June, rainy season from Julyto December; little seasonal temperature variation
Terrain:volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flatcoralline limestone plateau (source of most fresh water), with steepcoastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low hills incenter, mountains in south
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m
Natural resources: fishing (largely undeveloped), tourism (especially from Japan)
Land use: arable land: 9.09% permanent crops: 16.36% other: 74.55% (2001)
Irrigated land:NA
Natural hazards:frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively rare, butpotentially very destructive typhoons (June - December)
Environment - current issues:extirpation of native bird population by the rapid proliferation ofthe brown tree snake, an exotic, invasive species
Geography - note:largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands archipelago;strategic location in western North Pacific Ocean
People Guam
Population:168,564 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 29.4% (male 25,645/female 23,887)15-64 years: 64.1% (male 55,115/female 52,935)65 years and over: 6.5% (male 5,157/female 5,825) (2005 est.)
Median age:total: 28.38 yearsmale: 28.16 yearsfemale: 28.61 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:1.46% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:19.03 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:4.41 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:at birth: 1.06 male(s)/femaleunder 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/femaletotal population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 6.94 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 7.61 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 6.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 78.4 yearsmale: 75.34 yearsfemale: 81.64 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate:2.6 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:NA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:NA
Nationality:noun: Guamanian(s)adjective: Guamanian
Ethnic groups:Chamorro 37.1%, Filipino 26.3%, other Pacific islander 11.3%, white6.9%, other Asian 6.3%, other ethnic origin or race 2.3%, mixed 9.8%(2000 census)
Religions:Roman Catholic 85%, other 15% (1999 est.)
Languages:English 38.3%, Chamorro 22.2%, Philippine languages 22.2%, otherPacific island languages 6.8%, Asian languages 7%, other languages3.5% (2000 census)
Literacy:definition: age 15 and over can read and writetotal population: 99%male: 99%female: 99% (1990 est.)
Government Guam
Country name:conventional long form: Territory of Guamconventional short form: Guamlocal long form: Guahan