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

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СКАЧАТЬ rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (CFAF) per US$1—287.99 (January 1990), 319.01 (1989), 297.85 (1988), 300.54 (1987), 346.30 (1986), 449.26 (1985)

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      - Communications

       Railroads: 578 km, all 1.000-meter gauge, single track

      Highways: 5,050 km total; 920 km paved, 2,600 laterite, 1,530 km improved earth

      Inland waterways: navigable along small sections, important only locally

      Ports: Cotonou

      Merchant marine: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) of 2,999 GRT/4,407 DWT

      Civil air: 3 major transport aircraft

      Airports: 6 total, 5 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 2,439 m; 4 with runways 1,220–2,439 m

      Telecommunications: fair system of open wire, submarine cable, and radio relay; 16,200 telephones; stations—2 AM, 2 FM, 1 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT satellite earth station

      - Defense Forces

       Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force

      Military manpower: eligible 15–49, 2,015,206; of the 950,921 males 15–49, 486,620 are fit for military service; of the 1,064,285 females 15–49, 537,049 are fit for military service; about 55,550 males and 53,663 females reach military age (18) annually; both sexes are liable for military service

      Defense expenditures: 1.7% of GDP, or $28.9 million (1988 est.)—————————————————————————— Country: Bermuda (dependent territory of the UK) - Geography Total area: 50 km2; land area: 50 km2

      Comparative area: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: none

      Coastline: 103 km

      Maritime claims:

      Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

      Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;

      Territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: subtropical; mild, humid; gales, strong winds common in winter

      Terrain: low hills separated by fertile depressions

      Natural resources: limestone, pleasant climate fostering tourism

      Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows and pastures; 20% forest and woodland; 80% other

      Environment: ample rainfall, but no rivers or freshwater lakes; consists of about 360 small coral islands

      Note: 1,050 km east of North Carolina; some reclaimed land leased by US Government

      - People

       Population: 58,337 (July 1990), growth rate 1.5% (1990)

      Birth rate: 15 births/1,000 population (1990)

      Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1990)

      Net migration rate: - 6 migrants/1,000 population (1990)

      Infant mortality rate: 12 deaths/1,000 live births (1990)

      Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 78 years female (1990)

      Total fertility rate: 1.7 children born/woman (1990)

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

      Ethnic divisions: 61% black, 39% white and other

      Religion: 37% Anglican, 14% Roman Catholic, 10% African Methodist

       Episcopal (Zion), 6% Methodist, 5% Seventh-Day Adventist, 28% other

      Language: English

      Literacy: 98%

      Labor force: 32,000; 25% clerical, 22% services, 21% laborers, 13% professional and technical, 10% administrative and managerial, 7% sales, 2% agriculture and fishing (1984)

      Organized labor: 8,573 members (1985); largest union is Bermuda Industrial

       Union

      - Government

       Long-form name: none

      Type: dependent territory of the UK

      Capital: Hamilton

      Administrative divisions: 9 parishes and 2 municipalities*; Devonshire,

       Hamilton, Hamilton*, Paget, Pembroke, Saint George*, Saint George's, Sandys,

       Smiths, Southampton, Warwick

      Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK)

      Constitution: 8 June 1968

      Legal system: English law

      National holiday: Bermuda Day, 22 May

      Executive branch: British monarch, governor, deputy governor, premier, deputy premier, Executive Council (cabinet)

      Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of an upper house or

       Senate and a lower house or House of Assembly

      Judicial branch: Supreme Court

      Leaders: Chief of State—Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor Sir Desmond LANGLEY (since NA October 1988);

      Head of Government—Premier John William David SWAN (since NA January 1982)

      Political parties and leaders: United Bermuda Party (UBP), John W. D.

       Swan; Progressive Labor Party (PLP), Frederick Wade; National Liberal

       Party (NLP), Gilbert Darrell

      Suffrage: universal at age 21

      Elections: House of Assembly—last held 9 February 1989 (next to be held by February 1994); results—percent of vote by party NA; seats—(40 total) UBP 23, PLP 15, NLP 1, other 1

      Communists: negligible

      Other political or pressure groups: Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU), headed by Ottiwell Simmons

      Member of: INTERPOL, WHO

      Diplomatic representation: as a dependent territory of the UK,

       Bermuda's interests in the US are represented by the UK; US—Consul

       General James M. MEDAS; Consulate General at Vallis Building,

       Par-la-Ville Road (off Front Street West), Hamilton (mailing address is

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