The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2005)

      Electricity - imports:

      90,000 kWh; note - from Israeli Electric Company (2005)

      Exports:

      $301 million f.o.b.; (includes West Bank) (2005)

      Exports - commodities:

      citrus, flowers, textiles

      Exports - partners:

      Israel, Egypt, West Bank (2006)

      Imports:

      $2.44 billion c.i.f.; (includes West Bank) (2005)

      Imports - commodities:

      food, consumer goods, construction materials

      Imports - partners:

      Israel, Egypt, West Bank (2006)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $1.4 billion; (includes West Bank) (2006 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $NA

      Currency (code):

      new Israeli shekel (ILS)

      Currency code:

ILS

      Exchange rates:

      new Israeli shekels (ILS) per US dollar - 4.14 (2007), 4.4565 (2006), 4.4877 (2005), 4.482 (2004), 4.5541 (2003)

      Communications

       Gaza Strip

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      350,400 (includes West Bank) (2007)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      1.026 million (includes West Bank) (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: NA domestic: Israeli company BEZEK and the Palestinian company PALTEL are responsible for fixed line services; the Palestinian JAWAL company provides cellular services international: country code - 970 (2004)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 0, FM 10, shortwave 0 (2008)

      Radios:

      NA; note - most Palestinian households have radios (1999)

      Television broadcast stations:

      1 (2008)

      Televisions:

      NA; note - most Palestinian households have televisions (1997)

      Internet country code:

      .ps; note - same as West Bank

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      3 (1999)

      Internet users:

      355,500 (includes West Bank) (2007)

      Transportation

       Gaza Strip

      Airports:

      2 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2007)

      Heliports:

      1 (2007)

      Roadways:

      note: see entry for West Bank

      Ports and terminals:

      Gaza

      Military

       Gaza Strip

      Military branches:

      in accordance with the peace agreement, the Palestinian Authority is not permitted conventional military forces; there are, however, public security forces (2008)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 337,670 (2008 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 291,467 (2008 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 19,275 female: 18,309 (2008 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      NA

      Transnational Issues

       Gaza Strip

      Disputes - international:

      West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli-occupied with current status subject to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement - permanent status to be determined through further negotiation; Israel removed settlers and military personnel from the Gaza Strip in August 2005

      Refugees and internally displaced persons:

      refugees (country of origin): 1.017 million (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)) (2007)

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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      @Georgia

      Introduction

       Georgia

      Background:

      The region of present-day Georgia contained the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia. The area came under Roman influence in the first centuries A.D. and Christianity became the state religion in the 330s. Domination by Persians, Arabs, and Turks was followed by a Georgian golden age (11th-13th centuries) that was cut short by the Mongol invasion of 1236. Subsequently, the Ottoman and Persian empires competed for influence in the region. Georgia was absorbed into the Russian Empire in the 19th century. Independent for three years (1918–1921) following the Russian revolution, it was forcibly incorporated into the USSR until the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. An attempt by the incumbent Georgian government СКАЧАТЬ