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

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СКАЧАТЬ system: domestic: island wide automatic telephone system international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); tropospheric scatter to Trinidad and Saint Lucia

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 2 (1 pay)

      Televisions: 69,350 (1993 est.)

      @Barbados:Transportation

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 1,610 km paved : 1,542 km unpaved: 68 km (1995 est.)

      Ports and harbors: Bridgetown

      Merchant marine: total: 51 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 453,828 GRT/684,470 DWT ships by type : bulk 16, cargo 27, combination bulk 4, oil tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 1 (1996 est.)

      Airports: 1 (1996 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (1996 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Royal Barbados Defense Force (includes Ground

       Forces and Coast Guard), Royal Barbados Police Force

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49: 71,547 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 49,446 (1997 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $NA

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: none

      Illicit drugs: one of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for the US and Europe ______________________________________________________________________

      BASSAS DA INDIA

      (possession of France)

      @Bassas da India:Geography

      Location: Southern Africa, islands in the southern Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from Madagascar to Mozambique

      Geographic coordinates: 21 30 S, 39 50 E

      Map references: Africa

      Area: total: 0.2 sq km land: 0.2 sq km water: 0 sq km

      Area - comparative: about one-third the size of The Mall in

       Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 35.2 km

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

      Climate: tropical

      Terrain: a volcanic rock 2.4 meters high

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 3 m

      Natural resources: none

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

      Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1993)

      Natural hazards: maritime hazard since it is usually under water during high tide and surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones

      Environment - current issues: NA

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

      @Bassas da India:People

      Population: uninhabited

      @Bassas da India:Government

      Country name: conventional long form : none conventional short form: Bassas da India

      Data code: BS

      Dependency status: possession of France; administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Reunion

      National capital: none; administered by France from Reunion

      Independence: none (possession of France)

      Flag description: the flag of France is used

      Economy

      Economy - overview: no economic activity

      @Bassas da India:Transportation

      Ports and harbors: none; offshore anchorage only

      Military

      Military - note: defense is the responsibility of France

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: claimed by Madagascar ______________________________________________________________________

      BELARUS

      @Belarus:Geography

      Location: Eastern Europe, east of Poland

      Geographic coordinates: 53 00 N, 28 00 E

      Map references: Commonwealth of Independent States

      Area: total: 207,600 sq km land: 207,600 sq km water: 0 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Kansas

      Land boundaries:

       total: 3,098 km

       border countries: Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 605 km,

       Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km

      Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

      Climate: cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime

      Terrain: generally flat and contains much marshland

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m

      Natural resources: forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas

      Land use: arable land : 29% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 15% forests and woodland: 34% other: 21% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 1,000 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: NA

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