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

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СКАЧАТЬ (peanuts), beans, cowpeas, sunflower seed; livestock

      Exports: $1.8 billion (f.o.b. 1994) commodities: diamonds 78%, copper and nickel 6%, meat 5% partners: Switzerland, UK, Southern African Customs Union (SACU),

      Imports: $1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

       commodities: foodstuffs, vehicles and transport equipment, textiles,

       petroleum products

       partners: Switzerland, Southern African Customs Union (SACU), UK, US

      External debt: $691 million (1994)

      Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $189 million (1993)

      Currency: 1 pula (P) = 100 thebe

      Exchange rates: pula (P) per US$1 - 2.8305 (January 1996), 2.7716 (1995), 2.6831 (1994), 2.4190 (1993), 2.1327 (1992), 2.0173 (1991)

      Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

      Communications———————

      Telephones: 19,109 (1985 est.)

      Telephone system: sparse system domestic: small system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relay links, and a few radiotelephone communication stations international: microwave radio relay links to Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 13, shortwave 0

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 0 (1988 est.)

      Televisions: 13,800 (1993 est.)

      Defense———

      Branches: Botswana Defense Force (includes Army and Air Wing),

       Botswana National Police

      Manpower availability: males age 15–49: 334,177 males fit for military service: 175,471 males reach military age (18) annually: 17,088 (1996 est.)

      Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $199 million, 5.2% of GDP (FY93/94)

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      @Bouvet Island——————

      (territory of Norway)

      Map—

      Location: 54 26 S, 3 24 E—Southern Africa, island in the South

       Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South

       Africa)

      Flag——

      Description: the flag of Norway is used

      Geography————

      Location: Southern Africa, island in the South Atlantic Ocean,

       south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

      Geographic coordinates: 54 26 S, 3 24 E

      Map references: Antarctic Region

      Area:

       total area: 58 sq km

       land area: 58 sq km

       comparative area: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 29.6 km

      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 4 nm

      International disputes: none

      Climate: antarctic

      Terrain: volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 meters; coast is mostly inaccessible lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 780 m

      Natural resources: none

      Land use:

       arable land: 0%

       permanent crops: 0%

       meadows and pastures: 0%

       forest and woodland: 0%

       other: 100% (all ice)

      Irrigated land: 0 sq km

      Environment: current issues: NA natural hazards: NA international agreements: NA

      Geographic note: covered by glacial ice

      People———

      Population: uninhabited

      Government—————

      Name of country: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Bouvet Island

      Data code: BV

      Type of government: territory of Norway

      Capital: none; administered from Oslo, Norway

      Independence: none (territory of Norway)

      Flag: the flag of Norway is used

      Economy———

      Economic overview: no economic activity

      Transportation———————

      Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

      Communications———————

      Communications note: automatic meteorological station

      Defense———

      Defense note: defense is the responsibility of Norway

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      @Brazil———

      Map—

      Location: 10 00 S, 55 00 W—Eastern South America, bordering the

       Atlantic Ocean

      Flag——

      Description: green with a large yellow diamond in the center bearing a blue celestial globe with 27 white five-pointed stars (one for each state and the Federal District) arranged in the same pattern as the night sky over Brazil; the globe has a white equatorial band with the motto ORDEM E PROGRESSO (Order and Progress)

      Geography————

      Location: Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean

      Geographic coordinates: 10 00 S, 55 00 W

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