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

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СКАЧАТЬ style="font-size:15px;">       $941.5 million (2000 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $115.4 million (1995)

      Currency:

       Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible

       authority is the Central Bank of the West African States; previously

       the Guinea-Bissau peso (GWP) was used

      Currency code:

       XOF; GWP

      Exchange rates:

       Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 581.2

       (2003), 696.988 (2002), 733.039 (2001), 711.976 (2000), 615.699

       (1999)

       note: as of 1 May 1997, Guinea-Bissau adopted the XOF franc as the

       national currency; since 1 January 1999, the XOF franc is pegged to

       the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF francs per euro

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Guinea-Bissau

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       10,600 (2003)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       1,300 (2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: small system

       domestic: combination of microwave radio relay, open-wire lines,

       radiotelephone, and cellular communications

       international: country code - 245

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 1 (transmitter out of service), FM 4, shortwave 0 (2002)

      Radios:

       49,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       NA (1997)

      Televisions:

       NA

      Internet country code:

       .gw

      Internet hosts:

       2 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       2 (2002)

      Internet users:

       19,000 (2003)

      Transportation Guinea-Bissau

      Highways: total: 4,400 km paved: 453 km unpaved: 3,947 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       4 largest rivers are navigable for some distance; many inlets and

       creeks give shallow-water access to much of interior (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim

      Merchant marine:

       none

      Airports:

       28 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 3

       over 3,047 m: 1

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

       914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 25

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

       914 to 1,523 m: 4

       under 914 m: 20 (2004 est.)

      Military Guinea-Bissau

      Military branches:

       People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP; includes Army, Navy, and

       Air Force), paramilitary force

      Military manpower - military age and obligation:

       18 years of age for compulsory military service (2001)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 326,864 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 185,801 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $8.4 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       2.8% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Guinea-Bissau

      Disputes - international:

       attempts to stem refugees and cross-border raids, arms smuggling,

       and political instability from a separatist movement in Senegal's

       Casamance region

      This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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      @Guyana

      Introduction Guyana

      Background:

       Originally a Dutch colony in the 17th century, by 1815 Guyana had

       become a British possession. The abolition of slavery led to black

       settlement of urban areas and the importation of indentured servants

       from India to work the sugar plantations. This ethnocultural divide

       has persisted and has led to turbulent politics. Guyana achieved

       independence from the UK in 1966, but until the early 1990s it was

       ruled mostly by socialist-oriented governments. In 1992, Cheddi

       JAGAN was elected president, in what is considered the country's

       first free and fair election since independence. Upon his death five

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