The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ machinery, petroleum, food

      Imports - partners:

       US 23.7%, Netherlands Antilles 20.2%, Trinidad and Tobago 15.2%,

       Italy 6.3%, UK 5.1%, Cuba 4.2% (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $1.2 billion (2002)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $84 million (1995), Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative (HIPC)

       $253 million (1997)

      Currency:

       Guyanese dollar (GYD)

      Currency code:

       GYD

      Exchange rates:

       Guyanese dollars per US dollar - NA (2002), 187.32 (2001), 182.43

       (2000), 178 (1999), 150.52 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Guyana

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       70,000 (2000)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       6,100 (2000)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: fair system for long-distance calling

       domestic: microwave radio relay network for trunk lines

       international: tropospheric scatter to Trinidad; satellite earth

       station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)

      Radios:

       420,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations: 3 (one public station; two private stations which relay US satellite services) (1997)

      Televisions:

       46,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .gy

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       3 (2000)

      Internet users:

       95,000 (2002)

      Transportation Guyana

      Railways:

       total: 187 km

       standard gauge: 139 km 1.435-m gauge

       narrow gauge: 48 km 0.914-m gauge

       note: all dedicated to ore transport (2001 est.)

      Highways:

       total: 7,970 km

       paved: 590 km

       unpaved: 7,380 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       5,900 km (total length of navigable waterways)

       note: Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by

       oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively

      Ports and harbors:

       Bartica, Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Parika

      Merchant marine:

       total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 2,929 GRT/4,507 DWT

       ships by type: cargo 2 (2002 est.)

      Airports:

       51 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 8

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

       under 914 m: 5 (2002)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 43 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 8 under 914 m: 34 (2002)

      Military Guyana

      Military branches:

       Guyana Defense Force (including Ground Forces, Coast Guard, and Air

       Corps), Guyana Police Force, Guyana People's Militia, Guyana

       National Service

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 207,890 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 156,174 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $NA

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       NA%

      Transnational Issues Guyana

      Disputes - international:

       all of the area west of the Essequibo (river) claimed by Venezuela;

       Suriname claims area between New (Upper Courantyne) and

       Courantyne/Kutari [Koetari] rivers (all headwaters of the

       Courantyne); territorial sea boundary with Suriname is in dispute

      Illicit drugs:

       transshipment point for narcotics from South America - primarily

       Venezuela - to Europe and the US; producer of cannabis

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003

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      Introduction Haiti

      Background:

       The native Arawak Amerindians - who inhabited the island of

       Hispaniola when it was discovered by Columbus in 1492 - were

       virtually annihilated by Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the

       early 17th century, the French established a presence on Hispaniola,

       and in 1697, Spain СКАЧАТЬ