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

Чтение книги онлайн.

СКАЧАТЬ years later, he was succeeded by his wife Janet, who resigned in

       1999 due to poor health. Her successor, Bharrat JAGDEO, was

       reelected in 2001.

      Geography Guyana

      Location:

       Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between

       Suriname and Venezuela

      Geographic coordinates:

       5 00 N, 59 00 W

      Map references:

       South America

      Area:

       total: 214,970 sq km

       water: 18,120 sq km

       land: 196,850 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       slightly smaller than Idaho

      Land boundaries: total: 2,462 km border countries: Brazil 1,119 km, Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km

      Coastline:

       459 km

      Maritime claims:

       territorial sea: 12 nm

       exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

       continental shelf: 200 nm or to the outer edge of the continental

       margin

      Climate:

       tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy

       seasons (May to mid-August, mid-November to mid-January)

      Terrain:

       mostly rolling highlands; low coastal plain; savanna in south

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Mount Roraima 2,835 m

      Natural resources:

       bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish

      Land use: arable land: 2.44% permanent crops: 0.15% other: 97.41% (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       1,500 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards:

       flash floods are a constant threat during rainy seasons

      Environment - current issues:

       water pollution from sewage and agricultural and industrial

       chemicals; deforestation

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

       Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law

       of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber

       83, Tropical Timber 94

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

       the third-smallest country in South America after Suriname and

       Uruguay; substantial portions of its western and eastern territories

       are claimed by Venezuela and Suriname respectively

      People Guyana

      Population:

       705,803

       note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the

       effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower

       life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower

       population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of

       population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July

       2004 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 26.5% (male 95,431; female 91,806)

       15–64 years: 68.3% (male 243,224; female 239,047)

       65 years and over: 5.1% (male 16,000; female 20,295) (2004 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 26.2 years

       male: 25.6 years

       female: 26.8 years (2004 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       0.61% (2004 est.)

      Birth rate:

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

      Death rate:

       9.71 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       −2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female

       total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 37.22 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 32.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

       male: 41.28 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 62.43 years

       male: 60.12 years

       female: 64.84 years (2004 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       2.06 children born/woman (2004 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       2.5% (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       СКАЧАТЬ