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

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СКАЧАТЬ transshipment point for cocaine bound for the US

       Economic aid:

       recipient:

       Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments

       (1970–89), $710 million; Communist countries (1970–89), $18.5 billion

       Currency:

       1 Cuban peso (Cu$) = 100 centavos

       Exchange rates:

       Cuban pesos (Cu$) per US$1 - 1.0000 (non-convertible, official rate,

       linked to the US dollar)

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      @Cuba, Communications

      Railroads:

       12,795 km total; Cuban National Railways operates 5,053 km of

       1.435-meter gauge track, including 151.7 km electrified; in addition,

       sugar plantation lines consist of 7,742 km of 0.914-meter and

       1.435-meter gauge track

       Highways:

       total:

       26,477 km

       paved:

       14,477 km

       unpaved:

       gravel or earth 12,000 km (1989)

       Inland waterways:

       240 km

       Ports:

       Cienfuegos, La Habana, Mariel, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba; 7

       secondary, 35 minor

       Merchant marine:

       64 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 444,038 GRT/627,741 DWT, bulk 2,

       cargo 36, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 4, oil tanker 10, passenger

       cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 10

       note:

       Cuba beneficially owns an additional 34 ships (1,000 GRT and over)

       totaling 529,090 DWT under the registry of Panama, Cyprus, and Malta

       Airports:

       total:

       187

       usable:

       167

       with permanent-surface runways:

       73

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       3

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       12

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       19

       Telecommunications:

       among the world's least developed telephone systems; 229,000

       telephones; telephone density - 20.7 per 1,000 persons; broadcast

       stations - 150 AM, 5 FM, 58 TV; 1,530,000 TVs; 2,140,000 radios; 1

       Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

      @Cuba, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) - including ground forces,

       Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR),

       Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), Youth Labor Army (EJT), and Interior

       Ministry Border Guard Troops

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 3,064,898; females age 15–49 3,088,810; males fit for

       military service 1,907,396; females fit for military service

       1,927,306; males reach military age (17) annually 81,536 (1994 est.);

       females reach military age (17) annually 78,612 (1994 est.)

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - approx. $600 million, 4% of GSP (gross

       social product) in 1993 was for defense

       Note:

       Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of Cuba,

       cut off military aid by 1993

      @Cyprus, Geography

      Location:

       Middle East, in the eastern Mediterreanean Sea, 97 km west of Syria

       and 64 km west of Turkey

       Map references:

       Africa, Middle East, Standard Time Zones of the World

       Area:

       total area:

       9,250 sq km

       land area:

       9,240 sq km

       comparative area:

       about 0.7 times the size of Connecticut

       Land boundaries:

       0 km

       Coastline:

       648 km

       Maritime claims:

       continental shelf:

       200-m depth or to depth of exploitation

       territorial sea:

       12 nm

       International disputes:

       1974 hostilities divided the island into two de facto autonomous

       areas, a Greek area controlled by the Cypriot Government (60% of the

       island's land area) and a Turkish-Cypriot area (35% of the island),

       that are separated by a narrow UN buffer zone; in addition, there are

       two UK sovereign base areas (about 5% of the island's land area)

       Climate:

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