The 1991 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      partners—NA

      _#_External debt: $NA

      _#_Industrial production: growth rate NA%

      _#_Electricity: 11,000 kW capacity; 30 million kWh produced, 13,170 kWh per capita (1990)

      _#_Industries: phosphate extraction (near depletion)

      _#_Agriculture: NA

      _#_Economic aid: none

      _#_Currency: Australian dollar (plural—dollars); 1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents

      _#_Exchange rates: Australian dollars ($A) per US$1—1.2834 (January 1991), 1.2799 (1990), 1.2618 (1989), 1.2752 (1988), 1.4267 (1987), 1.4905 (1986), 1.4269 (1985)

      _#_Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June

      _*Communications #_Ports: Flying Fish Cove

      _#_Airports: 1 usable with permanent-surface runway 1,220–2,439 m

      _#_Telecommunications: 4,000 radios (1982)

      _*Defense Forces #Note: defense is the responsibility of Australia % @Clipperton Island (French possession) *Geography #_Total area: 7 km2

      _#_Comparative area: about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

      _#_Land boundaries: none

      _#_Coastline: 11.1 km

      _#_Maritime claims:

      Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;

      Territorial sea: 12 nm

      _#_Disputes: claimed by Mexico

      _#_Climate: tropical

      _#_Terrain: coral atoll

      _#_Natural resources: none

      _#_Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other (coral) 100%

      _#_Environment: reef about 8 km in circumference

      _#_Note: located 1,120 km southwest of Mexico in the North Pacific Ocean; also called Ile de la Passion

      _*People #_Population: uninhabited

      _*Government #_Long-form name: none

      _#_Type: French possession administered from French Polynesia by High Commissioner of the Republic Jean MONTPEZAT; note—may have become a dependency of French Polynesia

      _*Economy #_Overview: only economic activity is a tuna fishing station

      _*Communications #_Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

      _*Defense Forces #Note: defense is the responsibility of France % @Cocos (Keeling) Islands (territory of Australia) *Geography #_Total area: 14 km2; land area: 14 km2; main islands are West Island and Home Island

      _#_Comparative area: about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

      _#_Land boundaries: none

      _#_Coastline: 42.6 km

      _#_Maritime claims:

      Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;

      Territorial sea: 3 nm

      _#_Climate: pleasant, modified by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year; moderate rainfall

      _#_Terrain: flat, low-lying coral atolls

      _#_Natural resources: fish

      _#_Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 100%

      _#_Environment: two coral atolls thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation

      _#_Note: located 1,070 km southwest of Sumatra (Indonesia) in the Indian Ocean about halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka

      _*People #_Population: 684 (July 1991), growth rate NEGL% (1991)

      _#_Birth rate: NA births/1,000 population (1991)

      _#_Death rate: NA deaths/1,000 population (1991)

      _#_Net migration rate: NA migrants/1,000 population (1991)

      _#_Infant mortality rate: NA deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

      _#_Life expectancy at birth: NA years male, NA years female (1991)

      _#_Total fertility rate: NA children born/woman (1991)

      _#_Nationality: noun—Cocos Islander(s); adjective—Cocos Islander(s)

      _#_Ethnic divisions: mostly Europeans on West Island and Cocos Malays on Home Island

      _#_Religion: almost all Sunni Muslims

      _#_Language: English

      _#_Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%)

      _#_Labor force: NA

      _#_Organized labor: none

      _*Government #_Long-form name: Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands

      _#_Type: territory of Australia

      _#_Capital: West Island

      _#_Administrative divisions: none (territory of Australia)

      _#_Independence: none (territory of Australia)

      _#_Constitution: Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act of 1955

      _#_Legal system: based upon the laws of Australia and local laws

      _#_National holiday: NA

      _#_Executive branch: British monarch, governor general of Australia, administrator, chairman of the Islands Council

      _#_Legislative branch: unicameral Islands Council

      _#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court

      _#_Leaders:

      Chief of State—Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952);

      Head of Government—Administrator D. LAWRIE (since NA 1989);

       Chairman of the Islands Council Parson Bin YAPAT (since NA)

      _#_Suffrage: NA

      _#_Elections: NA

      _#_Member of: none

      _#_Diplomatic representation: none (territory of Australia)

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