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

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       crude oil, cement, sawmills, brewery, sugar mill, palm oil, soap, cigarettes

       Agriculture:

       accounts for 10% of GDP (including fishing and forestry); cassava accounts

       for 90% of food output; other crops - rice, corn, peanuts, vegetables; cash

       crops include coffee and cocoa; forest products important export earner;

       imports over 90% of food needs

       Economic aid:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $60 million; Western (non-US)

       countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $2.3 billion; OPEC

       bilateral aid (1979-89), $15 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $338

       million

       Currency:

       Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (plural - francs); 1 CFA franc (CFAF)

       = 100 centimes

      :Congo Economy

      Exchange rates:

       Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (CFAF) per US$1 - 269.01 (January

       1992), 282.11 (1991), 272.26 (1990), 319.01 (1989), 297.85 (1988), 300.54

       (1987)

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      :Congo Communications

      Railroads:

       797 km, 1.067-meter gauge, single track (includes 285 km that are privately

       owned)

       Highways:

       11,960 km total; 560 km paved; 850 km gravel and laterite; 5,350 km improved

       earth; 5,200 km unimproved earth

       Inland waterways:

       the Congo and Ubangi (Oubangui) Rivers provide 1,120 km of commercially

       navigable water transport; the rest are used for local traffic only

       Pipelines:

       crude oil 25 km

       Ports:

       Pointe-Noire (ocean port), Brazzaville (river port)

       Civil air:

       4 major transport aircraft

       Airports:

       46 total, 42 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways

       over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 17 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

       Telecommunications:

       services adequate for government use; primary network is composed of radio

       relay routes and coaxial cables; key centers are Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire,

       and Loubomo; 18,100 telephones; broadcast stations - 4 AM, 1 FM, 4 TV; 1

       Atlantic Ocean satellite earth station

      :Congo Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Army, Navy (including Naval Infantry), Air Force, National Police

       Manpower availability:

       males 15-49, 526,058; 267,393 fit for military service; 23,884 reach

       military age (20) annually

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $100 million, 4.6% of GDP (1987 est.)

      :Cook Islands Geography

      Total area:

       240 km2

       Land area:

       240 km2

       Comparative area:

       slightly less than 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC

       Land boundaries:

       none

       Coastline:

       120 km

       Maritime claims:

       Continental shelf:

       edge of continental margin or minimum of 200 nm

       Exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       Disputes:

       none

       Climate:

       tropical; moderated by trade winds

       Terrain:

       low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south

       Natural resources:

       negligible

       Land use:

       arable land 4%; permanent crops 22%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and

       woodland 0%; other 74%

       Environment:

       subject to typhoons from November to March

       Note:

       located 4,500 km south of Hawaii in the South Pacific Ocean

      :Cook Islands People

      Population:

       17,977 (July 1992), growth rate 0.5% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       22 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       6 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       -10 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       25 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       69 years male, 73 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

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