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

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      GDP: purchasing power parity - $NA

      GDP - real growth rate: NA%

      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $NA

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%

      Inflation rate - consumer price index: NA%

      Labor force: total: NA by occupation: tourism 400 people, mining 100 people

      Unemployment rate: NA%

      Budget: revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

      Industries: phosphate extraction (near depletion)

      Industrial production growth rate: NA%

      Electricity - capacity: NA kW

      Electricity - production: NA kWh

      Electricity - consumption per capita: NA kWh

      Agriculture - products: NA

      Exports: $NA commodities: phosphate partners: Australia, NZ

      Imports: $NA commodities : consumer goods partners: principally Australia

      Debt - external: $NA

      Economic aid: none

      Currency: 1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents

      Exchange rates: Australian dollars ($A) per US$1 - 1.2735 (January 1997), 1.2773 (1996), 1.3486 (1995), 1.3667 (1994), 1.4704, (1993), 1.3600 (1992)

      Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

      @Christmas Island:Communications

      Telephones: NA

      Telephone system: domestic: NA international : NA note: external telephone and telex services are provided by INTELSAT satellite

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0

      Radios: 500 (1992)

      Television broadcast stations: 1

      Televisions: 350 (1992)

      @Christmas Island:Transportation

      Railways: 24 km to serve phosphate mines

      Highways: total: NA km paved : NA km unpaved: NA km

      Ports and harbors: Flying Fish Cove

      Merchant marine: none

      Airports: 1

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1996 est.)

      Military

      Military - note: defense is the responsibility of Australia

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: none ______________________________________________________________________

      CLIPPERTON ISLAND

      (possession of France)

      @Clipperton Island:Geography

      Location: Middle America, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico

      Geographic coordinates: 10 17 N, 109 13 W

      Map references: World

      Area: total: 7 sq km land : 7 sq km water: 0 sq km

      Area - comparative: about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington,

       DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 11.1 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: tropical, humid, average temperature 20–32 degrees C, rains

       May-October

      Terrain: coral atoll

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point : Rocher Clipperton 29 m

      Natural resources: none

      Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops : 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100% (all coral)

      Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1993)

      Natural hazards: subject to tornadoes

      Environment - current issues: NA

      Environment - international agreements: party to: NA signed, but not ratified : NA

      Geography - note: reef about 8 km in circumference

      @Clipperton Island:People

      Population: uninhabited

      @Clipperton Island:Government

      Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Clipperton Island local long form: none local short form : Ile Clipperton former: sometimes called Ile de la Passion

      Data code: IP

      Dependency status: possession of France; administered by France from

       French Polynesia by a high commissioner of the Republic

      Flag description: the flag of France is used

      Economy

      Economy - overview: The only economic activity is a tuna fishing station.

      @Clipperton Island:Transportation

      Ports and harbors: none; offshore anchorage only

      Military

      Military - note: defense is the responsibility of France

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: none ______________________________________________________________________

      COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

      (territory of Australia)

      @Cocos (Keeling) Islands:Geography

      Location: Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia, about one-half of the way from Australia to Sri Lanka

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