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

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СКАЧАТЬ - external: $192 million (1996 est.)

      Economic aid: recipient : ODA, $NA

      Currency: 1 Belizean dollar (Bz$) = 100 cents

      Exchange rates: Belizean dollars (Bz$) per US$1 - 2.00 (fixed rate)

      Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

      @Belize:Communications

      Telephones: 29,000 (1996 est.)

      Telephone system: above-average system domestic: trunk network depends primarily on microwave radio relay international : satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 8, shortwave 1

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 2

      Televisions: 27,048 (1993 est.)

      @Belize:Transportation

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 2,770 km paved: 521 km unpaved : 2,249 km (1995 est.)

      Waterways: 825 km river network used by shallow-draft craft; seasonally navigable

      Ports and harbors: Belize City, Big Creek, Corozol, Punta Gorda

      Merchant marine: total: 166 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,592,846 GRT/1,087,555 DWT ships by type: bulk 17, cargo 117, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 1, container 6, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 13, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1 (1996 est.)

      Airports: 35 (1996 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total : 25 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 24 (1996 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 10 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 9 (1996 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Belize Defense Force (includes Army, Navy, Air

       Force, and Volunteer Guard), Belize National Police

      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49: 54,163 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males : 32,176 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males : 2,471 (1997 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $8.1 million (FY95/96)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: border with Guatemala in dispute; talks to resolve the dispute are ongoing

      Illicit drugs: transshipment point for cocaine; small-scale illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; minor money-laundering center ______________________________________________________________________

      BENIN

      @Benin:Geography

      Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between

       Nigeria and Togo

      Geographic coordinates: 9 30 N, 2 15 E

      Map references: Africa

      Area: total: 112,620 sq km land: 110,620 sq km water: 2,000 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Pennsylvania

      Land boundaries:

       total: 1,989 km

       border countries : Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km,

       Togo 644 km

      Coastline: 121 km

      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 200 nm

      Climate: tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north

      Terrain: mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Tanekas 641 m

      Natural resources: small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber

      Land use: arable land: 13% permanent crops: 4% permanent pastures: 4% forests and woodland: 31% other: 48% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 100 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north in winter

      Environment - current issues: recent droughts have severely affected marginal agriculture in north; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea

      Geography - note: no natural harbors

      @Benin:People

      Population: 5,902,178 (July 1997 est.)

      Age structure: 0–14 years: 48% (male 1,420,335; female 1,411,160) 15–64 years: 50% (male 1,401,360; female 1,530,626) 65 years and over : 2% (male 60,704; female 77,993) (July 1997 est.)

      Population growth rate: 3.31% (1997 est.)

      Birth rate: 46.28 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Death rate: 13.14 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15–64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 102.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 53.15 years male: 51.15 years female: 55.21 years (1997 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 6.56 children born/woman (1997 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Beninese (singular and plural) adjective: Beninese

      Ethnic groups: African 99% (42 ethnic groups, most important being

       Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba), Europeans 5,500

      Religions: СКАЧАТЬ