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СКАЧАТЬ Gibraltar pounds per US dollar - 0.6661 (2002), 0.6944 (2001),

       0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998); note - the Gibraltar

       pound is at par with the British pound

      Fiscal year:

       1 July - 30 June

      Communications Gibraltar

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       24,512 (2002)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       9,797 (2002)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: adequate, automatic domestic system and

       adequate international facilities

       domestic: automatic exchange facilities

       international: country code - 350; radiotelephone; microwave radio

       relay; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios:

       37,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       1 (plus three low-power repeaters) (1997)

      Televisions:

       10,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .gi

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       2 (2000)

      Internet users:

       6,200 (2002)

      Transportation Gibraltar

      Highways: total: 29 km paved: 29 km unpaved: 0 km (2002)

      Ports and harbors:

       Gibraltar

      Merchant marine:

       total: 133 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 980,636 GRT/1,254,661 DWT

       by type: bulk 3, cargo 69, chemical tanker 14, container 27,

       multi-functional large load carrier 3, passenger 2, petroleum tanker

       13, roll on/roll off 2

       registered in other countries: 4 (2004 est.)

       foreign-owned: Belgium 1, Cyprus 3, Denmark 1, Estonia 1, France 1,

       Germany 92, Greece 11, Hong Kong 2, Iceland 1, Monaco 4, Norway 6,

       Spain 1, United Kingdom 6, United States 2

      Airports:

       1 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Military Gibraltar

      Military branches:

       Royal Gibraltar Regiment

      Military - note:

       defense is the responsibility of the UK; the last British regular

       infantry forces left Gibraltar in 1992, replaced by the Royal

       Gibraltar Regiment

      Transnational Issues Gibraltar

      Disputes - international:

       since Gibraltar residents voted overwhelmingly by referendum in

       2003 against a "total shared sovereignty" arrangement, talks between

       the UK and Spain over the fate of the 300-year-old UK colony have

       stalled; Spain disapproves of UK plans to grant Gibraltar greater

       autonomy

      This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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      @Glorioso Islands

      Introduction Glorioso Islands

      Background:

       A French possession since 1892, the Glorioso Islands are composed

       of two lushly vegetated coral islands (Ile Glorieuse and Ile du Lys)

       and three rock islets. A military garrison operates a weather and

       radio station on Ile Glorieuse.

      Geography Glorioso Islands

      Location:

       Southern Africa, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, northwest of

       Madagascar

      Geographic coordinates:

       11 30 S, 47 20 E

      Map references:

       Africa

      Area:

       total: 5 sq km

       note: includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock,

       and South Rock

       water: 0 sq km

       land: 5 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

      Land boundaries:

       0 km

      Coastline:

       35.2 km

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

      Climate:

       tropical

      Terrain:

       low and flat

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m

       highest point: unnamed location 12 m

      Natural resources:

       guano, coconuts

      Land use: arable land: СКАЧАТЬ