The 1996 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ its location by providing luxury tourist facilities and financial services. The tourist industry attracts more than 90% of its business from North America. The industrial sector is small, and agriculture is severely limited by a lack of suitable land. About 80% of food needs are imported. International business contributes over 60% of Bermuda's economic output; a failed independence vote in late 1995 can be partially attributed to Bermudian's fear of scaring away foreign firms. Hurricane Felix, which hit Bermuda twice over three days, caused an estimated $2.5 million in damages in August of 1995.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $1.7 billion (1994 est.)

      GDP real growth rate: 2.5% (1994 est.)

      GDP per capita: $28,000 (1994 est.)

      GDP composition by sector: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.6% (1995 est.)

      Labor force: 33,650 (1992) by occupation: clerical 25%, services 22%, laborers 21%, professional and technical 13%, administrative and managerial 10%, sales 7%, agriculture and fishing 2% (1984)

      Unemployment rate: NEGL% (1995)

      Budget:

       revenues: $327.5 million

       expenditures: $308.9 million, including capital expenditures of

       $35.4 million (FY90/91 est.)

      Industries: tourism, finance, structural concrete products,

       paints, pharmaceuticals, ship repairing

      Industrial production growth rate: NA%

      Electricity: capacity: 140,000 kW production: 504 million kWh consumption per capita: 7,745 kWh (1993)

      Agriculture: bananas, vegetables, citrus, flowers; dairy products

      Exports: $60 million (f.o.b., 1991)

       commodities: semitropical produce, light manufactures, reexports of

       pharmaceuticals

       partners: US 62.4%, UK 20%

      Imports: $519 million (f.o.b., 1993) commodities: fuel, foodstuffs, machinery partners: US 38%, UK 5%, Canada 5%

      External debt: $NA

      Economic aid: $NA

      Currency: 1 Bermudian dollar (Bd$) = 100 cents

      Exchange rates: Bermudian dollar (Bd$) per US$1 - 1.0000 (fixed rate)

      Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

      Transportation———————

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways:

       total: 208 km

       paved: 208 km

       unpaved: 0 km (1986 est.)

       note: in addition, there are 400 km of paved and unpaved roads that

       are privately owned

      Ports: Hamilton, Saint George

      Merchant marine:

       total: 69 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,146,693 GRT/5,007,242

       DWT

       ships by type: bulk 10, cargo 3, container 7, liquefied gas tanker

       16, oil tanker 16, refrigerated cargo 10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4,

       short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1

       note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 11

       countries among which are UK 17, US 13, Canada 10, Norway 9, Nigeria

       4, Sweden 3, Hong Kong 2, Syria 2, Mexico 1, and NZ 1 (1995 est.)

      Airports: total: 1 with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1 (1995 est.)

      Communications———————

      Telephones: 54,000 (1991 est.)

      Telephone system:

       domestic: modern, fully automatic telephone system

       international: 3 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2

       Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 3, shortwave 0

      Radios: 78,000 (1992 est.)

      Television broadcast stations: 2

      Televisions: 57,000 (1992 est.)

      Defense———

      Branches: Bermuda Regiment, Bermuda Police Force, Bermuda Reserve

       Constabulary

      Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

      Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the UK

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      @Bhutan———

      Map—

      Location: 27 30 N, 90 30 E—Southern Asia, between China and

       India

      Flag——

      Description: divided diagonally from the lower hoist side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is orange; centered along the dividing line is a large black and white dragon facing away from the hoist side

      Geography————

      Location: Southern Asia, between China and India

      Geographic coordinates: 27 30 N, 90 30 E

      Map references: Asia

      Area:

       total area: 47,000 sq km

       land area: 47,000 sq km

       comparative area: slightly more than half the size of Indiana

      Land boundaries: total: 1,075 km border countries: China 470 km, India 605 km

      Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

      International disputes: none

      Climate: varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hot

       summers in central valleys; severe winters and cool summers in

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