The 1997 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ manpower - military age: 20 years of age

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49: 1,603,194 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 830,777 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males : 65,906 (1997 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $74 million (1994)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 11.1% (1994)

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: demarcation of international boundaries in the vicinity of Lake Chad, the lack of which has led to border incidents in the past, is completed and awaiting ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria ______________________________________________________________________

      CHILE

      @Chile:Geography

      Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru

      Geographic coordinates: 30 00 S, 71 00 W

      Map references: South America

      Area: total : 756,950 sq km land: 748,800 sq km water: 8,150 sq km note: includes Isla de Pascua (Easter Island) and Isla Sala y Gomez

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than twice the size of Montana

      Land boundaries: total : 6,171 km border countries: Argentina 5,150 km, Bolivia 861 km, Peru 160 km

      Coastline: 6,435 km

      Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: temperate; desert in north; cool and damp in south

      Terrain: low coastal mountains; fertile central valley; rugged Andes in east

      Elevation extremes: lowest point : Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,962 m

      Natural resources: copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum

      Land use: arable land: 5% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 18% forests and woodland: 22% other : 55% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 12,650 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: severe earthquakes; active volcanism; tsunamis

      Environment - current issues: air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation contributing to loss of biodiversity; soil erosion; desertification

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Desertification, Law of the Sea

      Geography - note: strategic location relative to sea lanes between

       Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake

       Passage); Atacama Desert is one of world's driest regions

      @Chile:People

      Population: 14,508,158 (July 1997 est.)

      Age structure: 0–14 years: 28% (male 2,057,633; female 2,031,588) 15–64 years: 65% (male 4,684,158; female 4,734,170) 65 years and over: 7% (male 416,047; female 584,562) (July 1997 est.)

      Population growth rate: 1.18% (1997 est.)

      Birth rate: 17.53 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Death rate: 5.68 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15–64 years : 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 13.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.73 years male: 71.5 years female: 77.95 years (1997 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 2.17 children born/woman (1997 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Chilean(s) adjective: Chilean

      Ethnic groups: white and white-Amerindian 95%, Amerindian 3%, other 2%

      Religions: Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish

      Languages: Spanish

      Literacy: definition : age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.2% male : 95.4% female: 95% (1995 est.)

      @Chile:Government

      Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Chile conventional short form: Chile local long form: Republica de Chile local short form: Chile

      Data code: CI

      Government type: republic

      National capital: Santiago

      Administrative divisions: 13 regions (regiones, singular - region);

       Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo, Antofagasta, Araucania,

       Atacama, Bio-Bio, Coquimbo, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Los

       Lagos, Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena, Maule, Region

       Metropolitana, Tarapaca, Valparaiso

       note: the US does not recognize claims to Antarctica

      Independence: 18 September 1810 (from Spain)

      National holiday: Independence Day, 18 September (1810)

      Constitution: 11 September 1980, effective 11 March 1981; amended 30

       July 1989

      Legal system: based on Code of 1857 derived from Spanish law and subsequent codes influenced by French and Austrian law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory

      Executive branch: chief of state: President Eduardo FREI Ruiz-Tagle (since 11 March 1994); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government : President Eduardo FREI Ruiz-Tagle (since 11 March 1994); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term; election last held 11 December 1993 (next to be held NA December 1999) election results: Eduardo FREI СКАЧАТЬ