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

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СКАЧАТЬ registry (1996 est.)

      Airports: 2,871 (1996 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 1,658 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m : 19 1,524 to 2,437 m: 125 914 to 1,523 m: 304 under 914 m: 1,205 (1996 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total : 1,213 1,524 to 2,437 m: 67 914 to 1,523 m: 1,146 (1996 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (includes Marines),

       Brazilian Air Force, Federal Police (paramilitary)

      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49: 45,876,084 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 30,843,947 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males : 1,756,732 (1997 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $6.736 billion (1994)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.1% (1994)

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: short section of the boundary with Paraguay, just west of Salto das Sete Quedas (Guaira Falls) on the Rio Parana, has not been precisely delimited; two short sections of boundary with Uruguay are in dispute - Arroio Invernada (Arroyo de la Invernada) area of the Rio Quarai (Rio Cuareim) and the islands at the confluence of the Rio Quarai and the Uruguay River

      Illicit drugs: limited illicit producer of cannabis, minor coca cultivation in the Amazon region, mostly used for domestic consumption; government has a large-scale eradication program to control cannabis; important transshipment country for Bolivian and Colombian cocaine headed for the US and Europe ______________________________________________________________________

      BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

       Territory]

      (dependent territory of the UK)

      @British Indian Ocean Territory:Geography

      Location: Southern Asia, archipelago in the Indian Ocean, about one-half the way from Africa to Indonesia

      Geographic coordinates: 6 00 S, 71 30 E

      Map references: World

      Area: total: 60 sq km land : 60 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes the entire Chagos Archipelago

      Area - comparative: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 698 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 3 nm

      Climate: tropical marine; hot, humid, moderated by trade winds

      Terrain: flat and low (up to four meters in elevation)

      Elevation extremes: lowest point : Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m

      Natural resources: coconuts, fish

      Land use: arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% permanent pastures : NA% forests and woodland: NA% other: 100% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1993)

      Natural hazards: NA

      Environment - current issues: NA

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

      Geography - note: archipelago of 2,300 islands; Diego Garcia, largest and southernmost island, occupies strategic location in central Indian Ocean; island is site of joint US-UK military facility

      @British Indian Ocean Territory:People

      Population: no indigenous inhabitants note: there are UK-US military personnel and civilian contractors; civilian inhabitants, known as the Ilois, evacuated to Mauritius before construction of UK-US military facilities

      @British Indian Ocean Territory:Government

      Country name: conventional long form: British Indian Ocean Territory conventional short form : none abbreviation: BIOT

      Data code: IO

      Dependency status: dependent territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London

      National capital: none

      Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK)

      Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II of the UK (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Commissioner David Ross MACLENNAN (since NA 1994); Administrator Don CAIRNS (since NA); note - both reside in the UK cabinet: NA elections : none; the queen is a hereditary monarch; commissioner and administrator appointed by the queen

      Diplomatic representation in the US: none (dependent territory of the

       UK)

      Diplomatic representation from the US: none (dependent territory of the UK)

      Flag description: white with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and six blue wavy horizontal stripes bearing a palm tree and yellow crown centered on the outer half of the flag

      Economy

      Economy - overview: All economic activity is concentrated on the largest island of Diego Garcia, where joint UK-US defense facilities are located. Construction projects and various services needed to support the military installations are done by military and contract employees from the UK, Mauritius, the Philippines, and the US. There are no industrial or agricultural activities on the islands.

      Electricity - capacity: NA kW note : electricity supplied by the US military

      Electricity - production: NA kWh note: electricity supplied by the US military

      Electricity - consumption per capita: NA kWh

      @British Indian Ocean Territory:Communications

      Telephones: NA

      Telephone system: facilities for military needs only domestic: NA international: NA

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 1

      Televisions: NA

      @British Indian Ocean Territory:Transportation

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: NA km paved: short stretch of paved road of NA km between port and СКАЧАТЬ