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

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       Agriculture:

       including fishing, accounts for less than 2% of GDP; not self-sufficient in

       food production; heavily subsidized sector produces fruit, vegetables,

       poultry, dairy products, shrimp, and fish; fish catch 9,000 metric tons in

       1987

       Economic aid:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-79), $24 million; Western (non-US)

       countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $45 million; OPEC

       bilateral aid (1979-89), $9.8 billion

       Currency:

       Bahraini dinar (plural - dinars); 1 Bahraini dinar (BD) = 1,000 fils

       Exchange rates:

       Bahraini dinars (BD) per US$1 - 0.3760 (fixed rate)

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      :Bahrain Communications

      Highways:

       200 km bituminous surfaced, including 25 km bridge-causeway to Saudi Arabia

       opened in November 1986; NA km natural surface tracks

       Pipelines:

       crude oil 56 km; petroleum products 16 km; natural gas 32 km

       Ports:

       Mina' Salman, Manama, Sitrah

       Merchant marine:

       9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 186,367 GRT/249,441 DWT; includes 5

       cargo, 2 container, 1 liquefied gas, 1 bulk

       Civil air:

       27 major transport aircraft

       Airports:

       3 total, 3 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over

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

       Telecommunications:

       excellent international telecommunications; good domestic services; 98,000

       telephones; broadcast stations - 2 AM, 3 FM, 2 TV; satellite earth stations

       - 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT, 1 ARABSAT;

       tropospheric scatter to Qatar, UAE, and microwave to Saudi Arabia; submarine

       cable to Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia

      :Bahrain Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense, Police Force

       Manpower availability:

       males 15-49, 190,937; 105,857 fit for military service

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $194 million, 6% of GDP (1990)

      :Baker Island Geography

      Total area:

       1.4 km2

       Land area:

       1.4 km2

       Comparative area:

       about 2.3 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC

       Land boundaries:

       none

       Coastline:

       4.8 km

       Maritime claims:

       Contiguous zone:

       12 nm

       Continental shelf:

       200 m (depth)

       Exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       Disputes:

       none

       Climate:

       equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun

       Terrain:

       low, nearly level coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef

       Natural resources:

       guano (deposits worked until 1891)

       Land use:

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

       woodland 0%; other 100%

       Environment:

       treeless, sparse and scattered vegetation consisting of grasses, prostrate

       vines, and low growing shrubs; lacks fresh water; primarily a nesting,

       roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife

       Note:

       remote location 2,575 km southwest of Honolulu in the North Pacific Ocean,

       just north of the Equator, about halfway between Hawaii and Australia

      :Baker Island People

      Population:

       uninhabited; American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and

       naval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military during World War

       II, but abandoned after the war; public entry is by special-use permit only

       and generally restricted to scientists and educators

      :Baker Island Government

      Long-form name:

       none

       Type:

       unincorporated territory of the US administered by the Fish and Wildlife

       Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National

       Wildlife Refuge system

       Capital:

       none; administered from Washington, DC

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