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Название: The 1994 CIA World Factbook

Автор: United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Издательство: Bookwire

Жанр: Социология

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СКАЧАТЬ large

       load carriers 3, bulk 45, oil tanker 9, liquified gas 1, chemical

       tanker 4, service vessel 5

       Airports:

       total:

       75

       usable:

       70

       with permanent-surface runways:

       16

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       0

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       7

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       5

       Telecommunications:

       350,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 14 AM, 8 FM, 12 (2 repeaters)

       TV; 1,100,000 radios; 1,027,000 TVs; satellite ground stations - none

      @Croatia, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 1,182,767; fit for military service 946,010; reach

       military age (19) annually 33,166 (1994 est.)

       Defense expenditures:

       337 billion-393 billion Croatian dinars, NA% of GDP (1993 est.); note

       - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current

       exchange rate could produce misleading results

      @Cuba, Geography

      Location:

       Caribbean, in the northern Caribbean Sea, 145 km south of Key West

       (Florida)

       Map references:

       Central America and the Caribbean, North America, Standard Time Zones

       of the World

       Area:

       total area:

       110,860 sq km

       land area:

       110,860 sq km

       comparative area:

       slightly smaller than Pennsylvania

       Land boundaries:

       total 29 km, US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 km

       note:

       Guantanamo is leased and as such remains part of Cuba

       Coastline:

       3,735 km

       Maritime claims:

       exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       territorial sea:

       12 nm

       International disputes:

       US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased to US and only mutual

       agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease

       Climate:

       tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April);

       rainy season (May to October)

       Terrain:

       mostly flat to rolling plains with rugged hills and mountains in the

       southeast

       Natural resources:

       cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt, timber, silica,

       petroleum

       Land use:

       arable land:

       23%

       permanent crops:

       6%

       meadows and pastures:

       23%

       forest and woodland:

       17%

       other:

       31%

       Irrigated land:

       8,960 sq km (1989)

       Environment:

       current issues:

       overhunting threatens wildlife populations; deforestation

       natural hazards:

       averages one hurricane every other year

       international agreements:

       party to - Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered

       Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping,

       Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution; signed, but not ratified -

       Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Marine Life Conservation

       Note:

       largest country in Caribbean

      @Cuba, People

      Population:

       11,064,344 (July 1994 est.)

       Population growth rate:

       0.95% (1994 est.)

       Birth rate:

       16.59 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Death rate:

       6.52 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Net migration rate:

       −0.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Infant mortality rate:

       10.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       total population:

       76.89 years

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