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

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СКАЧАТЬ (1994)

      Debt - external: $31.3 billion (1992 est.)

      Economic aid: donor: ODA, $808 million (1993)

      Currency: 1 Belgian franc (BF) = 100 centimes

      Exchange rates: Belgian francs (BF) per US$1 - 33.067 (January 1997), 30.962 (1996), 29.480 (1995), 33.456 (1994), 34.597 (1993), 32.150 (1992)

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      @Belgium:Communications

      Telephones: 5.691 million (1992 est.)

      Telephone system: highly developed, technologically advanced, and completely automated domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities domestic: nationwide cellular telephone system; extensive cable network; limited microwave radio relay network international : 5 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Eutelsat

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 39, shortwave 0

      Radios: 100,000 (1992 est.)

      Television broadcast stations: 32 (1987 est.)

      Televisions: 3,315,662 (1993 est.)

      @Belgium:Transportation

      Railways: total: 3,396 km (2,363 km electrified; 2,563 km double track) standard gauge : 3,396 km 1.435-m gauge (1995)

      Highways: total: 142,563 km paved: 142,563 km (including 1,667 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1995 est.)

      Waterways: 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use)

      Pipelines: crude oil 161 km; petroleum products 1,167 km; natural gas 3,300 km

      Ports and harbors: Antwerp (one of the world's busiest ports), Brugge,

       Gent, Hasselt, Liege, Mons, Namur, Oostende, Zeebrugge

      Merchant marine: total: 25 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 102,363 GRT/152,951 DWT ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 7, chemical tanker 4, combination bulk 2, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 10 (1996 est.)

      Airports: 42 (1996 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total : 39 over 3,047 m: 6 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m : 21 (1996 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 3 (1996 est.)

      Heliports: 1 (1996 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie

      Military manpower - military age: 19 years of age

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49 : 2,559,951 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 2,122,673 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males : 63,005 (1997 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $4.6 billion (1995)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.7% (1995)

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: none

      Illicit drugs: source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for cocaine, heroin, hashish, and marijuana entering Western Europe ______________________________________________________________________

      BELIZE

      @Belize:Geography

      Location: Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between

       Guatemala and Mexico

      Geographic coordinates: 17 15 N, 88 45 W

      Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

      Area: total : 22,960 sq km land: 22,800 sq km water: 160 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Massachusetts

      Land boundaries: total: 516 km border countries: Guatemala 266 km, Mexico 250 km

      Coastline: 386 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm in the north, 3 nm in the south; note - from the mouth of the Sarstoon River to Ranguana Cay, Belize's territorial sea is 3 nm; according to Belize's Maritime Areas Act, 1992, the purpose of this limitation is to provide a framework for the negotiation of a definitive agreement on territorial differences with Guatemala

      Climate: tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to February)

      Terrain: flat, swampy coastal plain; low mountains in south

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Victoria Peak 1,160 m

      Natural resources: arable land potential, timber, fish

      Land use: arable land: 2% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 2% forests and woodland: 92% other: 3% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 20 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: frequent, devastating hurricanes (September to

       December) and coastal flooding (especially in south)

      Environment - current issues: deforestation; water pollution from sewage, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ship Pollution, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note: national capital moved 80 km inland from Belize City to Belmopan because of hurricanes; only country in Central America without a coastline on the North Pacific Ocean

      @Belize:People

      Population: 224,663 (July 1997 est.)

      Age structure: 0–14 years: 43% (male 48,921; female 47,057) 15–64 years: 54% (male 61,133; female 59,466) 65 years and over: 3% (male 3,965; female 4,121) (July 1997 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.42% (1997 est.)

      Birth rate: 31.91 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Death rate: 5.61 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Net migration rate: −2.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15–64 years : 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

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