The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ style="font-size:15px;">       phosphate extraction (near depletion)

       Agriculture:

       NA

       Economic aid:

       none

       Currency:

       Australian dollar (plural - dollars); 1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents

       Exchange rates:

       Australian dollars ($A) per US$1 - 1.3360 (January 1992), 1.2836 (1991),

       1.2799 (1990), 1.2618 (1989), 1.2752 (1988), 1.4267 (1987)

       Fiscal year:

       1 July - 30 June

      :Christmas Island Communications

      Ports:

       Flying Fish Cove

       Airports:

       1 usable with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

       Telecommunications:

       4,000 radios (1982)

      :Christmas Island Defense Forces

      Note: defense is the responsibility of Australia

      :Clipperton Island Geography

      Total area:

       7 km2

       Land area:

       7 km2

       Comparative area:

       about 12 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC

       Land boundaries:

       none

       Coastline:

       11.1 km

       Maritime claims:

       Exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       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 (coral) 100%

       Environment:

       reef about 8 km in circumference

       Note:

       located 1,120 km southwest of Mexico in the North Pacific Ocean; also called

       Ile de la Passion

      :Clipperton Island People

      Population: uninhabited

      :Clipperton Island Government

      Long-form name:

       none

       Type:

       French possession administered by France from French Polynesia by High

       Commissioner of the Republic Jean MONTPEZAT

       Capital:

       none; administered by France from French Polynesia

      :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 Islands Geography

      Total area:

       14 km2

       Land area:

       14 km2; main islands are West Island and Home Island

       Comparative area:

       about 24 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC

       Land boundaries:

       none

       Coastline:

       2.6 km

       Maritime claims:

       Exclusive fishing zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       3 nm

       Disputes:

       none

       Climate:

       pleasant, modified by the southeasttrade 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%

       Environment:

       two coral atolls thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation

       Note:

       located 1,070 km southwest of Sumatra (Indonesia) in the Indian Ocean about

       halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka

      :Cocos Islands People

      Population:

       597 (July 1992), growth rate - 0.5% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       NA births/1,000 population (1992)

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