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

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СКАЧАТЬ forest resources cover 35% of total land area; commercial fisheries provide annual catch of 1.5 million metric tons, of which 75% is exported

      Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis for the domestic drug market

      Aid: donor—ODA and OOF commitments (1970–87), $2.2 billion

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

       (Can$) = 100 cents

      Exchange rates: Canadian dollars (Can$) per US$1—1.1714 (January 1990), 1.1840 (1989), 1.2307 (1988), 1.3260 (1987), 1.3895 (1986), 1.3655 (1985)

      Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March

      - Communications Railroads: 80,095 km total; 79,917 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (includes 129 km electrified); 178 km 0.915-meter narrow gauge (mostly unused); two major transcontinental freight railway systems—Canadian National (government owned) and Canadian Pacific Railway; passenger service—VIA (government operated)

      Highways: 884,272 km total; 712,936 km surfaced (250,023 km paved), 171,336 km earth

      Inland waterways: 3,000 km, including St. Lawrence Seaway

      Pipelines: oil, 23,564 km total crude and refined; natural gas, 74,980 km

      Ports: Halifax, Montreal, Quebec, Saint John (New Brunswick),

       St. John's (Newfoundland), Toronto, Vancouver

      Merchant marine: 78 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 555,749 GRT/774,914 DWT; includes 1 passenger, 5 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 12 cargo, 2 railcar carrier, 1 refrigerated cargo, 8 roll-on/roll-off, 1 container, 29 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 6 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 10 bulk; note—does not include ships used exclusively in the Great Lakes ships

      Civil air: 636 major transport aircraft; Air Canada is the major carrier

      Airports: 1,359 total, 1,117 usable; 442 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways over 3,659 m; 30 with runways 2,440–3,659 m; 322 with runways 1,220–2,439 m

      Telecommunications: excellent service provided by modern media; 18.0 million telephones; stations—900 AM, 29 FM, 53 (1,400 repeaters) TV; 5 coaxial submarine cables; over 300 satellite earth stations operating in INTELSAT (including 4 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) and domestic systems

      - Defense Forces

       Branches: Mobile Command, Maritime Command, Air Command, Communications

       Command, Canadian Forces Europe, Training Commands

      Military manpower: males 15–49, 7,174,119; 6,251,492 fit for military service; 187,894 reach military age (17) annually

      Defense expenditures: 2.0% of GDP, or $10 billion (1989 est.)

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       Country: Cape Verde

       - Geography

       Total area: 4,030 km2; land area: 4,030 km2

      Comparative area: slightly larger than Rhode Island

      Land boundaries: none

      Coastline: 965 km

      Maritime claims: (measured from claimed archipelagic baselines);

      Extended economic zone: 200 nm;

      Territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: temperate; warm, dry, summer precipitation very erratic

      Terrain: steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic

      Natural resources: salt, basalt rock, pozzolana, limestone, kaolin, fish

      Land use: 9% arable land; NEGL% permanent crops; 6% meadows and pastures;

       NEGL% forest and woodland; 85% other; includes 1% irrigated

      Environment: subject to prolonged droughts; harmattan wind can obscure visibility; volcanically and seismically active; deforestation; overgrazing

      Note: strategic location 500 km from African coast near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site

      - People

       Population: 374,984 (July 1990), growth rate 3.0% (1990)

      Birth rate: 49 births/1,000 population (1990)

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

      Net migration rate: - 8 migrants/1,000 population (1990)

      Infant mortality rate: 65 deaths/1,000 live births (1990)

      Life expectancy at birth: 59 years male, 63 years female (1990)

      Total fertility rate: 6.7 children born/woman (1990)

      Nationality: noun—Cape Verdean(s); adjective—Cape Verdean

      Ethnic divisions: about 71% Creole (mulatto), 28% African, 1% European

      Religion: Roman Catholicism fused with indigenous beliefs

      Language: Portuguese and Crioulo, a blend of Portuguese and West African words

      Literacy: 48% (1986)

      Labor force: 102,000 (1985 est.); 57% agriculture (mostly subsistence), 29% services, 14% industry (1981); 51% of population of working age (1985)

      Organized labor: Trade Unions of Cape Verde Unity Center (UNTC-CS) closely associated with ruling party

      - Government

       Long-form name: Republic of Cape Verde

      Type: republic

      Capital: Praia

      Administrative divisions: 12 districts (concelhos, singular—concelho);

       Boa Vista, Brava, Fogo, Maio, Paul, Praia, Ribeira Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina,

       Sao Nicolau, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal; there may be 2 new districts named

       Porto Novo and Santa Cruz

      Independence: 5 July 1975 (from Portugal)

      Constitution: 7 September 1980, amended 12 February 1981 and

       December 1988

      National holiday: Independence Day, 5 July (1975)

      Executive branch: president, prime minister, deputy minister,

       Council of Ministers (cabinet)

      Legislative branch: unicameral National People's Assembly

       (Assembleia Nacional Popular)

      Judicial СКАЧАТЬ