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

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СКАЧАТЬ by sector: agriculture: 1% industry: 1.4% services: 97.6% (1991–95 average)

      Population below poverty line: NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA%

       highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.5% (1997)

      Labor force: 4,911 (1980)

      Labor force—by occupation: tourism NA%

      Unemployment rate: 3% (1995)

      Budget:

       revenues: $121.5 million

       expenditures: $115.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA

       (1997)

      Industries: tourism, light industry, construction, rum, concrete

       block, offshore financial center

      Industrial production growth rate: 4% (1985)

      Electricity—production: 42 million kWh (1996)

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

      Electricity—consumption: 42 million kWh (1996)

      Electricity—exports: 0 kWh (1996)

      Electricity—imports: 0 kWh (1996)

      Agriculture—products: fruits, vegetables; livestock, poultry; fish

      Exports: $23.9 million (1996)

      Exports—commodities: rum, fresh fish, fruits, animals; gravel, sand

      Exports—partners: Virgin Islands (US), Puerto Rico, US

      Imports: $121.5 million (1996)

      Imports—commodities: building materials, automobiles, foodstuffs, machinery

      Imports—partners: Virgin Islands (US), Puerto Rico, US

      Debt—external: $34.8 million (1996)

      Economic aid—recipient: $2.6 million (1995)

      Currency: 1 United States dollar (US$) = 100 cents

      Exchange rates: US currency is used

      Fiscal year: 1 April—31 March

      Communications

      Telephones: 6,291 (1990 est.)

      Telephone system: worldwide telephone service

       domestic: NA

       international: submarine cable to Bermuda

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios: 9,000 (1992 est.)

      Television broadcast stations: 1 (in addition, there is one cable company) (1997)

      Televisions: 4,000 (1992 est.)

      Transportation

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 113 km (1995 est.) paved: NA km unpaved: NA km

      Ports and harbors: Road Town

      Merchant marine: none

      Airports: 3 (1998 est.)

      Airports—with paved runways: total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (1998 est.)

      Airports—with unpaved runways:

       total: 1

       914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1998 est.)

      Military

      Military—note: defense is the responsibility of the UK

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes—international: none

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      @Brunei———

      Geography

      Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and

       Malaysia

      Geographic coordinates: 4 30 N, 114 40 E

      Map references: Southeast Asia

      Area:

       total: 5,770 sq km

       land: 5,270 sq km

       water: 500 sq km

      Area—comparative: slightly smaller than Delaware

      Land boundaries: total: 381 km border countries: Malaysia 381 km

      Coastline: 161 km

      Maritime claims:

       exclusive economic zone: 200 nm or to median line

       territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: tropical; hot, humid, rainy

      Terrain: flat coastal plain rises to mountains in east; hilly lowland in west

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m

      Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, timber

      Land use:

       arable land: 1%

       permanent crops: 1%

       permanent pastures: 1%

       forests and woodland: 85%

       other: 12% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 10 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are

       very rare

      Environment—current issues: seasonal smoke/haze resulting from

       forest fires in Indonesia

      Environment—international agreements:

       party to: Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer

       Protection, Ship Pollution

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography—note: СКАЧАТЬ