The 1994 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ including capital expenditures of $NA

       Exports:

       $NA

       commodities:

       phosphate

       partners:

       Australia, NZ

       Imports:

       $NA

       commodities:

       consumer goods

       partners:

       principally Australia

       External debt:

       $NA

       Industrial production:

       growth rate NA%

       Electricity:

       capacity:

       11,000 kW

       production:

       30 million kWh

       consumption per capita:

       17,800 kWh (1990)

       Industries:

       phosphate extraction (near depletion)

       Agriculture:

       NA

       Economic aid:

       none

       Currency:

       1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents

       Exchange rates:

       Australian dollars ($A) per US$1 - 1.4364 (January 1994), 1.4704,

       (1993), 1.3600 (1992), 1.2836 (1991), 1.2799 (1990), 1.2618 (1989)

       Fiscal year:

       1 July - 30 June

      @Christmas Island, Communications

      Highways: total: NA paved: NA unpaved: NA Ports: Flying Fish Cove Airports: total: 1 usable: 1 with permanent-surface runways: 1 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440–3,659 m: 0 with runways 1,220–2,439 m: 1 Telecommunications: broadcast stations - 1 AM, 1 TV

      @Christmas Island, Defense Forces

      Note: defense is the responsibility of Australia

      @Clipperton Island

      Header Affiliation: (possession of France)

      @Clipperton Island, Geography

      Location: Middle America, in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico Map references: World Area: total area: 7 sq km land area: 7 sq km comparative area: about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 11.1 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International 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: 100% (all coral) Irrigated land: 0 sq km Environment: current issues: NA natural hazards: NA international agreements: NA Note: reef about 8 km in circumference

      @Clipperton Island, People

      Population: uninhabited

      @Clipperton Island, Government

      Names:

       conventional long form:

       none

       conventional short form:

       Clipperton Island

       local long form:

       none

       local short form:

       Ile Clipperton

       former:

       sometimes called Ile de la Passion

       Digraph:

       IP

       Type:

       French possession administered by France from French Polynesia by High

       Commissioner of the Republic

       Capital:

       none; administered by France from French Polynesia

       Independence:

       none (possession of France)

      @Clipperton Island, Economy

      Overview:

       The only economic activity is a tuna fishing station.

      @Clipperton Island, Communications

      Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

      @Clipperton Island, Defense Forces

      Note: defense is the responsibility of France

      @Cocos (Keeling) Islands

      Header Affiliation: (territory of Australia)

      @Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Geography

      Location: Southeastern Asia, in the Indian Ocean, 1,070 km southwest of Indonesia, about halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka Map references: Southeast Asia Area: total area: 14 sq km land area: 14 sq km comparative area: about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC note: includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 2.6 km Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 3 nm International disputes: none Climate: pleasant, modified by the southeast trade wind for about nine months of the year; moderate rain fall 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% Irrigated land: NA sq km Environment: current issues: NA natural hazards: NA international agreements: NA Note: two coral atolls thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation

      @Cocos (Keeling) Islands, People

      Population:

       598 (July 1994 est.)

       Population growth rate:

       0.98% (1994 est.)

       Nationality:

       noun:

       Cocos Islander(s)

       adjective:

       Cocos Islander

       Ethnic divisions:

       West Island:

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