The 2002 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ pressure groups and leaders: none

      International organization participation: none

      Diplomatic representation in the US: none (territory of Australia)

      Diplomatic representation from the US: none (territory of Australia)

      Flag description: the flag of Australia is used

      Economy Cocos (Keeling) Islands

      Economy - overview: Grown throughout the islands, coconuts are the sole cash crop. Small local gardens and fishing contribute to the food supply, but additional food and most other necessities must be imported from Australia. There is a small tourist industry.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $NA

      GDP - real growth rate: NA%

      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $NA

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

      Population below poverty line: NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%

      Labor force: NA

      Labor force - by occupation: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others

      Unemployment rate: 60% (2000 est.)

      Budget: revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

      Industries: copra products and tourism

      Industrial production growth rate: NA%

      Electricity - production: NA kWh

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: NA% hydro: NA% other:

       NA% nuclear: NA%

      Electricity - consumption: NA kWh

      Agriculture - products: vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts

      Exports: $NA

      Exports - commodities: copra

      Exports - partners: Australia

      Imports: $NA

      Imports - commodities: foodstuffs

      Imports - partners: Australia

      Debt - external: $NA

      Economic aid - recipient: $NA

      Currency: Australian dollar (AUD)

      Currency code: AUD

      Exchange rates: Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.9354 (January 2002), 1.9320 (2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998), 1.3439 (1997)

      Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

      Communications Cocos (Keeling) Islands

      Telephones - main lines in use: 287 (1992)

      Telephones - mobile cellular: NA

      Telephone system: general assessment: connected within Australia's telecommunication system domestic: NA international: telephone, telex, and facsimile communications with Australia and elsewhere via satellite; 1 satellite earth station of NA type (2002)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (2000)

      Radios: 300 (1992)

      Television broadcast stations: NA

      Televisions: NA

      Internet country code: .cc

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2000)

      Internet users: NA

      Transportation Cocos (Keeling) Islands

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 15 km (2001) paved: NA km unpaved: NA km

      Waterways: none

      Ports and harbors: none; lagoon anchorage only

      Merchant marine: none (2002 est.)

      Airports: 1 (2001)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2001)

      Military Cocos (Keeling) Islands

      Military - note: defense is the responsibility of Australia; the territory does have a five-person police force

      Transnational Issues Cocos (Keeling) Islands

      Disputes - international: none

      This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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      Cameroon

      Introduction

      Cameroon

      Background: The former French Cameroon and part of British Cameroon merged in 1961 to form the present country. Cameroon has generally enjoyed stability, which has permitted the development of agriculture, roads, and railways, as well as a petroleum industry. Despite movement toward democratic reform, political power remains firmly in the hands of an ethnic oligarchy.

      Geography Cameroon

      Location: Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between

       Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria

      Geographic coordinates: 6 00 N, 12 00 E

      Map references: Africa

      Area: total: 475,440 sq km water: 6,000 sq km land: 469,440 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly larger than California

      Land boundaries: total: 4,591 km border countries: Central African

       Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km, Republic of the Congo 523 km, Equatorial

       Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298 km, Nigeria 1,690 km

      Coastline: 402 km

      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 50 NM

      Climate: varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north

      Terrain: diverse, with coastal plain in southwest, dissected plateau in center, mountains in west, plains in north

      Elevation СКАЧАТЬ