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

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СКАЧАТЬ $537 million, including capital expenditures of $75

       million (FY97/98)

      Industries: tourism, finance, insurance, structural concrete

       products, paints, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, ship repairing

      Industrial production growth rate: NA%

      Electricity—production: 480 million kWh (1996)

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

      Electricity—consumption: 480 million kWh (1996)

      Electricity—exports: 0 kWh (1996)

      Electricity—imports: 0 kWh (1996)

      Agriculture—products: bananas, vegetables, citrus, flowers; dairy products

      Exports: $57 million (1997)

      Exports—commodities: reexports of pharmaceuticals

      Exports—partners: Netherlands 50%, Brazil 13%, Canada 6% (1996)

      Imports: $617 million (1997)

      Imports—commodities: miscellaneous manufactured articles, machinery and transport equipment, food and live animals, chemicals

      Imports—partners: US 73%, UK 5%, Canada 4% (1996 est.)

      Debt—external: $NA

      Economic aid—recipient: $27.9 million (1995)

      Currency: 1 Bermudian dollar (Bd$) = 100 cents

      Exchange rates: Bermudian dollar (Bd$) per US$1—1.0000 (fixed rate)

      Fiscal year: 1 April—31 March

      Communications

      Telephones: 54,000 (1991 est.)

      Telephone system:

       domestic: modern, fully automatic telephone system

       international: 3 submarine cables; satellite earth stations—3

       Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 0

      Radios: 78,000 (1992 est.)

      Television broadcast stations: 3 (1997)

      Televisions: 57,000 (1992 est.)

      Transportation

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways:

       total: 225 km

       paved: 225 km

       unpaved: 0 km (1997 est.)

       note: in addition, there are 232 km of paved and unpaved roads that

       are privately owned

      Ports and harbors: Hamilton, Saint George

      Merchant marine:

       total: 97 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,647,576 GRT/7,612,686

       DWT

       ships by type: bulk 18, cargo 3, chemical tanker 1, container 20,

       liquefied gas tanker 7, oil tanker 27, refrigerated cargo 15,

       roll-on/roll-off cargo 4, short-sea passenger 2

       note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 11

       countries among which are UK 24, Canada 12, Hong Kong 11, US 11,

       Nigeria 4, Sweden 4, Norway 3, and Switzerland 2 (1998 est.)

      Airports: 1 (1998 est.)

      Airports—with paved runways: total: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (1998 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Bermuda Regiment, Bermuda Police Force,

       Bermuda Reserve Constabulary

      Military expenditures—dollar figure: $NA

      Military expenditures—percent of GDP: NA%

      Military—note: defense is the responsibility of the UK

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes—international: none

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      @Bhutan———

      Geography

      Location: Southern Asia, between China and India

      Geographic coordinates: 27 30 N, 90 30 E

      Map references: Asia

      Area:

       total: 47,000 sq km

       land: 47,000 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

      Area—comparative: about half the size of Indiana

      Land boundaries: total: 1,075 km border countries: China 470 km, India 605 km

      Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

      Climate: varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hot summers in central valleys; severe winters and cool summers in Himalayas

      Terrain: mostly mountainous with some fertile valleys and savanna

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Drangme Chhu 97 m highest point: Kula Kangri 7,553 m

      Natural resources: timber, hydropower, gypsum, calcium carbide

      Land use:

       arable land: 2%

       permanent crops: 0%

       permanent pastures: 6%

       forests and woodland: 66%

       other: 26% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 340 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: violent storms coming down from the Himalayas are the source of the country's name which translates as Land of the Thunder Dragon; frequent landslides during the rainy season

      Environment—current issues: soil erosion; limited access to potable water

      Environment—international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, СКАЧАТЬ