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Название: The 2003 CIA World Factbook

Автор: United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Издательство: Bookwire

Жанр: Социология

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СКАЧАТЬ style="font-size:15px;">       unpaved: 9,247 km (1999)

      Waterways:

       990 km

       note: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable

       during highwater season

      Pipelines:

       oil 480 km (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Champerico, Puerto Barrios, Puerto Quetzal, San Jose, Santo Tomas

       de Castilla

      Merchant marine:

       none (2002 est.)

      Airports:

       466 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 11

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 3

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

       914 to 1,523 m: 4

       under 914 m: 2 (2002)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 455

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 9

       914 to 1,523 m: 115

       under 914 m: 330 (2002)

      Military Guatemala

      Military branches:

       Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force

      Military manpower - military age:

       18 years of age (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 3,320,077 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 2,167,270 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 151,294 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $120 million (FY99)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       0.6% (FY99)

      Transnational Issues Guatemala

      Disputes - international:

       Guatemalan squatters continue to settle in Belize border region;

       OAS brokered Differendum in 2002 creating small adjustment to land

       boundary, large Guatemalan maritime corridor in Caribbean, joint

       ecological park for disputed Sapodilla Cays, and substantial US-UK

       financial package, but agreement was not brought to popular

       referendum leaving Guatemalan claim to southern half of Belize intact

      Illicit drugs:

       major transit country for cocaine and heroin; minor producer of

       illicit opium poppy and cannabis for mostly domestic consumption;

       proximity to Mexico makes Guatemala a major staging area for drugs

       (cocaine and heroin shipments); money laundering is a serious

       problem; corruption is a major problem

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003

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      @Guernsey

      Introduction Guernsey

      Background:

       The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the

       last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy, which held sway

       in both France and England. The islands were the only British soil

       occupied by German troops in World War II.

      Geography Guernsey

      Location:

       Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France

      Geographic coordinates:

       49 28 N, 2 35 W

      Map references:

       Europe

      Area:

       total: 78 sq km

       note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other

       smaller islands

       water: 0 sq km

       land: 78 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       about one-half the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries:

       0 km

      Coastline:

       50 km

      Maritime claims:

       exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM

       territorial sea: 3 NM

      Climate:

       temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are

       overcast

      Terrain:

       mostly level with low hills in southwest

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

       highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m

      Natural resources:

       cropland

      Land use:

       arable land: NA%

       permanent crops: NA%

       other: NA%

      Irrigated land:

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