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

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СКАЧАТЬ - with unpaved runways: total : 40 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 33 (1996 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border

       Guards

      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49 : 1,982,747 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 1,596,087 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 69,524 (1997 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: 33.5 billion manats (1994); note - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: Armenia supports ethnic Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in the longstanding, separatist conflict against the Azerbaijani Government; Caspian Sea boundaries are not yet determined among Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan

      Illicit drugs: limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for CIS consumption; limited government eradication program; transshipment point for opiates to Western Europe ______________________________________________________________________

      THE BAHAMAS

      @The Bahamas:Geography

      Location: Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida

      Geographic coordinates: 24 15 N, 76 00 W

      Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

      Area: total: 13,940 sq km land: 10,070 sq km water : 3,870 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Connecticut

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 3,542 km

      Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation (measured from the archipelagic straight baselines) exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream

      Terrain: long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills

      Elevation extremes: lowest point : Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Alvernia 63 m

      Natural resources: salt, aragonite, timber

      Land use: arable land : 1% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 32% other : 67% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Natural hazards: hurricanes and other tropical storms that cause extensive flood and wind damage

      Environment - current issues: coral reef decay

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note: strategic location adjacent to US and Cuba; extensive island chain

      @The Bahamas:People

      Population: 275,941 (July 1997 est.)

      Age structure: 0–14 years: 28% (male 39,280; female 38,755) 15–64 years: 66% (male 89,483; female 93,479) 65 years and over : 6% (male 6,209; female 8,735) (July 1997 est.)

      Population growth rate: 1.41% (1997 est.)

      Birth rate: 21.47 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Death rate: 5.45 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Net migration rate: −1.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years : 1.01 male(s)/female 15–64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 19.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.75 years male: 70.36 years female : 77.2 years (1997 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 2.36 children born/woman (1997 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Bahamian(s) adjective: Bahamian

      Ethnic groups: black 85%, white 15%

      Religions: Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2%

      Languages: English, Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

      Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write but definition of literacy not available total population: 98.2% male: 98.5% female: 98% (1995 est.)

      @The Bahamas:Government

      Country name: conventional long form : Commonwealth of The Bahamas conventional short form: The Bahamas

      Data code: BF

      Government type: commonwealth

      National capital: Nassau

      Administrative divisions: 21 districts; Acklins and Crooked Islands,

       Bimini, Cat Island, Exuma, Freeport, Fresh Creek, Governor's Harbour,

       Green Turtle Cay, Harbour Island, High Rock, Inagua, Kemps Bay, Long

       Island, Marsh Harbour, Mayaguana, New Providence, Nicholls Town and

       Berry Islands, Ragged Island, Rock Sound, Sandy Point, San Salvador

       and Rum Cay

      Independence: 10 July 1973 (from UK)

      National holiday: National Day, 10 July (1973)

      Constitution: 10 July 1973

      Legal system: based on English common law

      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II of the UK (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Sir Orville TURNQUEST (since 2 January 1995) head of government: Prime Minister Hubert Alexander INGRAHAM (since 19 August 1992) and Deputy Prime Minister Frank WATSON (since December 1994) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the prime minister's recommendation elections : none; the queen is a hereditary СКАЧАТЬ