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

Чтение книги онлайн.

СКАЧАТЬ manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age for voluntary recruitment into the police force (2001)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 1,792,112 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 975,341 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 97,429 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $25.8 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       0.9% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Haiti

      Disputes - international:

       despite efforts to control illegal migration, Haitians fleeing

       economic privation and civil unrest continue to cross into Dominican

       Republic and to sail to neighboring countries; Haiti claims

       US-administered Navassa Island

      Illicit drugs:

       major Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US

       and Europe; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian

       narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial

       transactions; pervasive corruption

      This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

      ======================================================================

      @Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Introduction Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Background:

       These uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands were transferred

       from the UK to Australia in 1947. Populated by large numbers of seal

       and bird species, the islands have been designated a nature preserve.

      Geography Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Location:

       islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from

       Madagascar to Antarctica

      Geographic coordinates:

       53 06 S, 72 31 E

      Map references:

       Antarctic Region

      Area:

       total: 412 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

       land: 412 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       slightly more than two times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries:

       0 km

      Coastline:

       101.9 km

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

      Climate:

       antarctic

      Terrain:

       Heard Island - 80% ice-covered, bleak and mountainous, dominated by

       a large massif (Big Ben) and an active volcano (Mawson Peak);

       McDonald Islands - small and rocky

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Mawson Peak, on Big Ben 2,745 m

      Natural resources:

       fish

      Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       0 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards:

       Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island

      Environment - current issues:

       NA

      People Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Population: uninhabited (July 2004 est.)

      Government Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald

       Islands

       conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Dependency status:

       territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the

       Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment

       and Heritage

      Legal system:

       the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

       none (territory of Australia)

      Diplomatic representation from the US:

       none (territory of Australia)

      Flag description:

       the flag of Australia is used

      Economy Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Economy - overview:

       No indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government

       allows limited fishing around the islands.

      Communications Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Internet country code: .hm

      Transportation Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Ports and harbors: none; offshore anchorage only

      Military Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Military СКАЧАТЬ