The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ (2009) country comparison to the world: 184

      Transportation ::Djibouti

      Airports:

      13 (2010) country comparison to the world: 151

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 3

      over 3,047 m: 1

      2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2010)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 10

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

      914 to 1,523 m: 7

      under 914 m: 2 (2010)

      Railways:

      total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the 781 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway) country comparison to the world: 126 narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge

      note: railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but is largely inoperable (2008)

      Roadways:

      total: 3,065 km country comparison to the world: 164 paved: 1,226 km

      unpaved: 1,839 km (2000)

      Ports and terminals:

      Djibouti

      Transportation - note:

      the International Maritime Bureau reports offshore waters in the Gulf of Aden are high risk for piracy; numerous vessels, including commercial shipping and pleasure craft, have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crew, passengers, and cargo are held for ransom

      Military ::Djibouti

      Military branches:

      Djibouti National Army (includes Navy and Air Force)

      Military service age and obligation:

      18 years of age for voluntary military service; 16–25 years of age for voluntary military training; no conscription (2008)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 165,000

      females age 16–49: 213,894 (2010 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 110,441

      females age 16–49: 147,939 (2010 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 8,260

      female: 8,503 (2010 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      3.8% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 30

      Transnational Issues ::Djibouti

      Disputes - international:

      Djibouti maintains economic ties and border accords with "Somaliland" leadership while maintaining some political ties to various factions in Somalia; Kuwait is chief investor in the 2008 restoration and upgrade of the Ethiopian-Djibouti rail link; in 2008, Eritrean troops move across the border on Ras Doumera peninsula and occupy Doumera Island with undefined sovereignty in the Red Sea

      Refugees and internally displaced persons:

      refugees (country of origin): 8,642 (Somalia) (2007)

      page last updated on January 19, 2011

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      @Dominica (Central America and Caribbean)

      Introduction ::Dominica

      Background:

      Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.

      Geography ::Dominica

      Location:

      Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic

       Ocean, about half way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago

      Geographic coordinates:

      15 25 N, 61 20 W

      Map references:

      Central America and the Caribbean

      Area:

      total: 751 sq km country comparison to the world: 188 land: 751 sq km

      water: 0 sq km

      Area - comparative:

      slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries:

      0 km

      Coastline:

      148 km

      Maritime claims:

      territorial sea: 12 nm

      contiguous zone: 24 nm

      exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

      Climate:

      tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall

      Terrain:

      rugged mountains of volcanic origin

      Elevation extremes:

      lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m

      highest point: Morne Diablotins 1,447 m

      Natural resources:

      timber, hydropower, arable land

      Land use:

      arable land: 6.67%

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