The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ foreign-owned: Germany 1, Monaco 2, New Caledonia 1, Sweden 5

      Airports:

       477 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 283 over 3,047 m: 13 2,438 to 3,047 m: 28 914 to 1,523 m: 82 under 914 m: 65 (2004 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 95

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 195 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 72 under 914 m: 120 (2004 est.)

      Heliports: 3 (2003 est.)

      Military France

      Military branches:

       Army (includes Marines, Foreign Legion, Army Light Aviation), Navy

       (including naval air), Air Force (including Air Defense), National

       Gendarmerie

      Military manpower - military age and obligation:

       17 years of age with consent for voluntary military service (2001)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 14,487,165 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 12,044,827 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 394,413 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $45,238.1 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       2.6% (2003)

      Transnational Issues France

      Disputes - international:

       Madagascar claims Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands,

       and Juan de Nova Island; Comoros claims Mayotte; Mauritius claims

       Tromelin Island; territorial dispute between Suriname and French

       Guiana; territorial claim in Antarctica (Adelie Land); Matthew and

       Hunter Islands, east of New Caledonia, claimed by France and Vanuatu

      Illicit drugs:

       transshipment point for and consumer of South American cocaine,

       Southwest Asian heroin, and European synthetics

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      @French Guiana

      Introduction French Guiana

      Background:

       First settled by the French in 1604, French Guiana was the site of

       notorious penal settlements until 1951. The European Space Agency

       launches its communication satellites from Kourou.

      Geography French Guiana

      Location:

       Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between

       Brazil and Suriname

      Geographic coordinates:

       4 00 N, 53 00 W

      Map references:

       South America

      Area:

       total: 91,000 sq km

       water: 1,850 sq km

       land: 89,150 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       slightly smaller than Indiana

      Land boundaries: total: 1,183 km border countries: Brazil 673 km, Suriname 510 km

      Coastline: 378 km

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

      Climate:

       tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature variation

      Terrain:

       low-lying coastal plains rising to hills and small mountains

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m

      Natural resources:

       bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), petroleum, kaolin, fish,

       niobium, tantalum, clay

      Land use: arable land: 0.14% permanent crops: 0.05% other: 99.81% (90% forest, 10% other) (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       20 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards:

       high frequency of heavy showers and severe thunderstorms; flooding

      Environment - current issues:

       NA

      Geography - note:

       mostly an unsettled wilderness; the only non-independent portion of

       the South American continent

      People French Guiana

      Population:

       191,309 (July 2004 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 29.6% (male 28,959; female 27,657)

       15–64 years: 64.5% (male 66,388; female 57,020)

       65 years and over: 5.9% (male 5,736; female 5,549) (2004 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 28.3 years

       male: 29.4 years

       female: 27.2 years (2004 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       2.25% (2004 est.)

      Birth rate:

       21 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Death rate:

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