The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ branches: Canadian Armed Forces (includes Land Forces

       Command or LC, Maritime Command or MC, Air Command or AC,

       Communications Command or CC, Training Command or TC), Royal

       Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

      Military manpower—military age: 17 years of age

      Military manpower—availability:

       males age 15–49: 8,243,859 (1999 est.)

      Military manpower—fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 7,061,937 (1999 est.)

      Military manpower—reaching military age annually:

       males: 210,884 (1999 est.)

      Military expenditures—dollar figure: $7.1 billion (FY97/98)

      Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 1.2% (FY97/98)

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes—international: maritime boundary disputes with the US

       (Dixon Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Machias Seal

       Island)

      Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis for the domestic drug market; use of hydroponics technology permits growers to plant large quantities of high-quality marijuana indoors; growing role as a transit point for heroin and cocaine entering the US market

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      @Cape Verde—————

      Geography

      Location: Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic

       Ocean, west of Senegal

      Geographic coordinates: 16 00 N, 24 00 W

      Map references: World

      Area:

       total: 4,030 sq km

       land: 4,030 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

      Area—comparative: slightly larger than Rhode Island

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 965 km

      Maritime claims: measured from claimed archipelagic baselines exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

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

      Terrain: steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island)

      Natural resources: salt, basalt rock, pozzuolana (a siliceous

       volcanic ash used to produce hydraulic cement), limestone, kaolin,

       fish

      Land use:

       arable land: 11%

       permanent crops: 0%

       permanent pastures: 6%

       forests and woodland: 0%

       other: 83% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 30 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: prolonged droughts; harmattan wind can obscure visibility; volcanically and seismically active

      Environment—current issues: overgrazing of livestock and improper

       land use such as the cultivation of crops on steep slopes has led to

       soil erosion; demand for wood used as fuel has resulted in

       deforestation; desertification; environmental damage has threatened

       several species of birds and reptiles; overfishing

      Environment—international agreements:

       party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification,

       Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear

       Test Ban

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography—note: strategic location 500 km from west coast of

       Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications

       station; important sea and air refueling site

      People

      Population: 405,748 (July 1999 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 45% (male 92,721; female 91,083)

       15–64 years: 49% (male 92,658; female 104,264)

       65 years and over: 6% (male 9,936; female 15,086) (1999 est.)

      Population growth rate: 1.44% (1999 est.)

      Birth rate: 33.49 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Death rate: 6.78 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Net migration rate: −12.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.89 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (1999 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 45.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 70.96 years male: 67.66 years female: 74.36 years (1999 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 4.95 children born/woman (1999 est.)

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

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

      Religions: Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs);

       Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)

      Languages: Portuguese, Crioulo СКАЧАТЬ