The 1990 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ crude oil; partners—US 34%, CARICOM, Japan, UK, Canada

      External debt: $635 million (December 1989 est.)

      Industrial production: growth rate - 5.4% (1987 est.)

      Electricity: 132,000 kW capacity; 460 million kWh produced, 1,780 kWh per capita (1989)

      Industries: tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export

      Agriculture: accounts for 10% of GDP; major cash crop is sugarcane; other crops—vegetables and cotton; not self-sufficient in food

      Aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70–84), $14 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970–87), $144 million

      Currency: Barbadian dollars (plural—dollars); 1 Barbadian dollar

       (Bds$) = 100 cents

      Exchange rates: Barbadian dollars (Bds$) per US$1—2.0113 (fixed rate)

      Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March

      - Communications

       Highways: 1,570 km total; 1,475 km paved, 95 km gravel and earth

      Ports: Bridgetown

      Merchant marine: 2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,200

       GRT/7,338 DWT

      Civil air: 2 major transport aircraft

      Airports: 1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440–3,659 m

      Telecommunications: islandwide automatic telephone system with 89,000 telephones; tropospheric scatter link to Trinidad and St. Lucia; stations—3 AM, 2 FM, 2 (1 is pay) TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

      - Defense Forces

       Branches: Royal Barbados Defense Force, Royal Barbados Police Force,

       Coast Guard

      Military manpower: males 15–49, 67,677; 47,566 fit for military service, no conscription

      Defense expenditures: 0.6% of GDP (1986)

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       Country: Bassas da India

       (French possession)

       - Geography

       Total area: undetermined

      Comparative area: undetermined

      Land boundaries: none

      Coastline: 35.2 km

      Maritime claims:

      Contiguous zone: 12 nm;

      Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

      Extended economic zone: 200 nm;

      Territorial sea: 12 nm

      Disputes: claimed by Madagascar

      Climate: tropical

      Terrain: a volcanic rock 2.4 m high

      Natural resources: none

      Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows and pastures; 0% forest and woodland; 100% other (rock)

      Environment: surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones

      Note: navigational hazard since it is usually under water during high tide; located in southern Mozambique Channel about halfway between Africa and Madagascar

      - People

       Population: uninhabited

      - Government

       Long-form name: none

      Type: French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic

       Daniel CONSTANTIN, resident in Reunion

      - Economy

       Overview: no economic activity

      - Communications

       Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

      - Defense Forces

       Note: defense is the responsibility of France

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       Country: Belgium

       - Geography

       Total area: 30,510 km2; land area: 30,230 km2

      Comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland

      Land boundaries: 1,385 km total; France 620 km, Luxembourg 148 km, Netherlands 450 km, FRG 167 km

      Coastline: 64 km

      Maritime claims:

      Continental shelf: not specific;

      Exclusive fishing zone: equidistant line with neighbors (extends about 68 km from coast);

      Territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy

      Terrain: flat coastal plains in northwest, central rolling hills, rugged mountains of Ardennes Forest in southeast

      Natural resources: coal, natural gas

      Land use: 24% arable land; 1% permanent crops; 20% meadows and pastures; 21% forest and woodland; 34% other; includes NEGL% irrigated

      Environment: air and water pollution

      Note: majority of West European capitals within 1,000 km of Brussels; crossroads of Western Europe; Brussels is the seat of the EC

      - People

       Population: 9,909,285 (July 1990), growth rate 0.1% (1990)

      Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1990)

      Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1990)

      Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990)

      Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1990)

      Life expectancy at birth: 73 years male, 80 years female (1990)

      Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (1990)

      Nationality: noun—Belgian(s); adjective—Belgian

      Ethnic СКАЧАТЬ