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СКАЧАТЬ style="font-size:15px;">       1.79 (2000), 1.79 (1999), 1.79 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Aruba

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       33,000 (1997)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       3,402 (1997)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: NA

       domestic: more than adequate

       international: 1 submarine cable to Sint Maarten (Netherlands

       Antilles); extensive interisland microwave radio relay links

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 4, FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios:

       50,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       1 (1997)

      Televisions:

       20,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .aw

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       NA

      Internet users:

       24,000 (2002)

      Transportation Aruba

      Railways:

       0 km

      Highways:

       total: 800 km

       paved: 513 km

       note: most coastal roads are paved, while unpaved roads serve large

       tracts of the interior (1995)

       unpaved: 287 km

      Waterways:

       none

      Ports and harbors:

       Barcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas

      Merchant marine:

       total: 3

       note: there is one foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of

       convenience: Monaco 1 (2002 est.)

       ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1

      Airports:

       1 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2002)

      Military Aruba

      Military branches:

       no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Dutch Navy and

       Marines, Coast Guard

      Military - note:

       defense is the responsibility of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

      Transnational Issues Aruba

      Disputes - international:

       none

      Illicit drugs:

       transit point for US- and Europe-bound narcotics with some

       accompanying money-laundering activity

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003

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      @Ashmore and Cartier Islands

      Introduction Ashmore and Cartier Islands

      Background:

       These uninhabited islands came under Australian authority in 1931;

       formal administration began two years later. Ashmore Reef supports a

       rich and diverse avian and marine habitat; in 1983, it became a

       National Nature Reserve. Cartier Island, a former bombing range, is

       now a marine reserve.

      Geography Ashmore and Cartier Islands

      Location:

       Southeastern Asia, islands in the Indian Ocean, northwest of

       Australia, south of the Indonesian half of Timor island

      Geographic coordinates:

       12 14 S, 123 05 E

      Map references:

       Southeast Asia

      Area:

       total: 5 sq km

       note: includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and

       Cartier Island

       water: 0 sq km

       land: 5 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

      Land boundaries:

       0 km

      Coastline:

       74.1 km

      Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 12 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation territorial sea: 12 NM exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM

      Climate:

       tropical

      Terrain:

       low with sand and coral

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m

       highest point: unnamed location 3 m

      Natural resources:

       fish

      Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all grass and sand) (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land:

       0 sq km (1998 СКАЧАТЬ