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СКАЧАТЬ rate: NA %

      Budget:

       revenues: $188 million

       expenditures: $228 million, including capital expenditures of $116

       million (1996)

      Industries: food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and

       garments, salt mining, ship repair,

      Industrial production growth rate: NA%

      Electricity—production: 40 million kWh (1996)

      Electricity—production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1996)

      Electricity—consumption: 40 million kWh (1996)

      Electricity—exports: 0 kWh (1996)

      Electricity—imports: 0 kWh (1996)

      Agriculture—products: bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee, peanuts; fish

      Exports: $43 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.)

      Exports—commodities: shoes, garments, fish, bananas, hides,

      Exports—partners: Portugal, Germany, Spain, France, UK, Malaysia

      Imports: $215 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.)

      Imports—commodities: foodstuffs, consumer goods, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels

      Imports—partners: Portugal 25%, Netherlands, France, UK, Spain, US

      Debt—external: $220 million (1998)

      Economic aid—recipient: $111.3 million (1995)

      Currency: 1 Cape Verdean escudo (CVEsc) = 100 centavos

      Exchange rates: Cape Verdean escudos (CVEsc) per US$1—96.400 (November 1998), 99.41 (1998), 93.177 (1997), 82.591 (1996), 76.853 (1995), 81.891 (1994)

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      Communications

      Telephones: 22,900 (1995 est.)

      Telephone system:

       domestic: interisland microwave radio relay system with both analog

       and digital exchanges; work is in progress on a submarine

       fiber-optic cable system which was scheduled for completion in 1998

       international: 2 coaxial submarine cables; HF radiotelephone to

       Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station—1 Intelsat

       (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997 est.)

      Televisions: 7,000 (1991 est.)

      Transportation

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 1,100 km paved: 858 km unpaved: 242 km (1996 est.)

      Ports and harbors: Mindelo, Praia, Tarrafal

      Merchant marine:

       total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,620 GRT/13,920 DWT

       ships by type: cargo 3, chemical tanker 1 (1998 est.)

      Airports: 6 (1998 est.)

      Airports—with paved runways: total: 6 over 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 5 (1998 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Armed Forces (AF) (includes all armed force

       elements, both ground and naval)

      Military manpower—availability:

       males age 15–49: 84,018 (1999 est.)

      Military manpower—fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 47,672 (1999 est.)

      Military expenditures—dollar figure: $3.8 million (1996)

      Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 1.8% (1996)

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes—international: none

      Illicit drugs: used as a transshipment point for illicit drugs moving from Latin America and Africa destined for Western Europe

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      Geography

      Location: Caribbean, island group in Caribbean Sea, nearly one-half of the way from Cuba to Honduras

      Geographic coordinates: 19 30 N, 80 30 W

      Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

      Area:

       total: 260 sq km

       land: 260 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

      Area—comparative: 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 160 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: tropical marine; warm, rainy summers (May to October) and cool, relatively dry winters (November to April)

      Terrain: low-lying limestone base surrounded by coral reefs

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: The Bluff 43 m

      Natural resources: fish, climate and beaches that foster tourism

      Land use:

       arable land: 0%

       permanent crops: 0%

       permanent pastures: 8%

       forests and woodland: 23%

       other: 69% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Natural hazards: hurricanes (July to November)

      Environment—current issues: no natural fresh water resources; drinking water supplies СКАЧАТЬ