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

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СКАЧАТЬ million (2004) country comparison to the world: 174

      Exchange rates:

      East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar - 2.7 (2007), 2.7 (2006), 2.7 (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003)

      Communications ::Dominica

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      17,500 (2009) country comparison to the world: 196

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      106,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 184

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: fully automatic network

      domestic: Fixed-line teledensity is roughly 25 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity approached 150 per 100 persons in 2009

      international: country code - 1–767; landing points for the East Caribbean Fiber Optic System (ECFS) and the Global Caribbean Network (GCN) submarine cables providing connectivity to other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad; microwave radio relay and SHF radiotelephone links to Martinique and Guadeloupe; VHF and UHF radiotelephone links to Saint Lucia

      Broadcast media:

      no terrestrial television service available; subscription cable TV provider offers some locally produced programming plus channels from the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean; state-operated radio broadcasts on 6 stations; privately-owned radio broadcasts on about 15 stations (2007)

      Internet country code:

      .dm

      Internet hosts:

      718 (2010) country comparison to the world: 174

      Internet users:

      28,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 182

      Transportation ::Dominica

      Airports:

      2 (2010) country comparison to the world: 208

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 2

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

      914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2010)

      Roadways:

      total: 780 km country comparison to the world: 187 paved: 393 km

      unpaved: 387 km (2000)

      Merchant marine:

      total: 40 country comparison to the world: 78 by type: bulk carrier 11, cargo 20, chemical tanker 2, petroleum tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1

      foreign-owned: 37 (Australia 1, Estonia 6, Germany 2, Greece 9, India 2, Latvia 1, Norway 1, Russia 6, Saudi Arabia 3, Singapore 1, Syria 2, Turkey 1, Ukraine 2)

      registered in other countries: 1 (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1) (2010)

      Ports and terminals:

      Portsmouth, Roseau

      Military ::Dominica

      Military branches:

      no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes Coast Guard) (2010)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 18,975 (2010 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 15,963

      females age 16–49: 15,426 (2010 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 729

      female: 688 (2010 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      NA

      Transnational Issues ::Dominica

      Disputes - international:

      Dominica is the only Caribbean state to challenge Venezuela's sovereignty claim over Aves Island and joins the other island nations in challenging whether the feature sustains human habitation, a criterion under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which permits Venezuela to extend its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and continental shelf claims over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea

      Illicit drugs:

      transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; minor cannabis producer (2008)

      page last updated on January 11, 2011

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      @Dominican Republic (Central America and Caribbean)

      Introduction ::Dominican Republic

      Background:

      Explored and claimed by Christopher COLUMBUS on his first voyage in 1492, the island of Hispaniola became a springboard for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland. In 1697, Spain recognized French dominion over the western third of the island, which in 1804 became Haiti. The remainder of the island, by then known as Santo Domingo, sought to gain its own independence in 1821 but was conquered and ruled by the Haitians for 22 years; it finally attained independence as the Dominican Republic in 1844. In 1861, the Dominicans voluntarily returned to the Spanish Empire, but two years later they launched a war that restored independence in 1865. A legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative rule followed, capped by the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas TRUJILLO from 1930–61. Juan BOSCH was elected president in 1962 but was deposed in a military coup in 1963. In 1965, the United States led an intervention in the midst of a civil war sparked by an uprising to restore BOSCH. In 1966, Joaquin BALAGUER defeated BOSCH in an election to become president. BALAGUER maintained a tight grip on power for most of the next 30 years when international reaction to flawed elections forced him to curtail his term in 1996. Since then, regular competitive elections have been held in which opposition candidates have won the presidency. Former President (1996–2000) Leonel FERNANDEZ Reyna won election to a new term in 2004 following a constitutional amendment allowing presidents to serve more than one term, and was since reelected to a second consecutive term.

      Geography ::Dominican Republic

      Location:

      Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti

      Geographic coordinates:

      19 00 N, 70 40 W

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