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

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СКАЧАТЬ Liberal Party or OLA [Glenbert

       CROES]

       note: governing coalition includes the AVP and OLA

      International organization participation: ECLAC (associate), Interpol,

       IOC, UNESCO (associate), WCL, WToO (associate)

      Diplomatic representation in the US: none (represented by the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

      Diplomatic representation from the US: none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

      Flag description: blue with two narrow horizontal yellow stripes across the lower portion and a red, four-pointed star outlined in white in the upper hoist-side corner

      Economy

      Economy - overview: Tourism is the mainstay of the Aruban economy, although offshore banking and oil refining and storage are also important. The rapid growth of the tourism sector over the last decade has resulted in a substantial expansion of other activities. Construction has boomed, with hotel capacity five times the 1985 level. In addition, the reopening of the country's oil refinery in 1993, a major source of employment and foreign exchange earnings, has further spurred growth. Aruba's small labor force and less than 1% unemployment rate have led to a large number of unfilled job vacancies despite sharp rises in wage rates in recent years.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $1.4 billion (1996 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate: 5% (1996 est.)

      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $21,000 (1996 est.)

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

      Inflation rate - consumer price index: 3.5% (1996)

      Labor force: NA by occupation: most employment is in the tourist industry (1996)

      Unemployment rate: 0.5% (1994)

      Budget: revenues: $145 million expenditures : $185 million, including capital expenditures of $42 million (1988)

      Industries: tourism, transshipment facilities, oil refining

      Industrial production growth rate: NA%

      Electricity - capacity: NA kW

      Electricity - production: NA kWh

      Electricity - consumption per capita: NA kWh

      Agriculture - products: aloes; livestock; fishing

      Exports: total value: $1.3 billion (including oil re-exports) (f.o.b., 1995) commodities: mostly refined petroleum products partners: US 64%, EU

      Imports: total value: $1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1995) commodities: food, consumer goods, manufactures, petroleum products, crude oil for refining and reexport partners: US 8%, EU

      Debt - external: $669 million (December 1995)

      Economic aid: the Netherlands provided a 1996 aid package of $224 million to Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles, and Suriname

      Currency: 1 Aruban florin (Af.) = 100 cents

      Exchange rates: Aruban florins (Af.) per US$1 - 1.7900 (fixed rate since 1986)

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      @Aruba:Communications

      Telephones: 22,922 (1993 est.)

      Telephone system: 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 4, shortwave 0

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 1

      Televisions: 19,000 (1993 est.)

      @Aruba:Transportation

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: NA km paved : NA km unpaved: NA km note : most coastal roads are paved, while unpaved roads serve large tracts of the interior

      Ports and harbors: Barcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas

      Merchant marine: total : 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,274 GRT/ 10,130 DWT ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 3 (1996 est.)

      Airports: 2 (1996 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1

      Military

      Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the Kingdom of the

       Netherlands

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: none

      Illicit drugs: drug money-laundering center and transit point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; added to the US list of major drug producing or drug transit countries in December 1996 ______________________________________________________________________

      ASHMORE AND CARTIER ISLANDS

       Islands]

      (territory of Australia)

      @Ashmore and Cartier Islands:Geography

      Location: Southeastern Asia, islands in the Indian Ocean, northwest of

       Australia

      Geographic coordinates: 12 14 S, 123 05 E

      Map references: Southeast Asia

      Area: total: 5 sq km land: 5 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island

      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 exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 3 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% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100% (all grass and sand)

      Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1993)

      Natural hazards: surrounded by shoals СКАЧАТЬ