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

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СКАЧАТЬ - mobile cellular: NA (2002)

      Telephone system: general assessment: telephone facilities in the city of Djibouti are adequate as are the microwave radio relay connections to outlying areas microwave radio relay network international: Singapore; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; Medarabtel regional microwave radio relay telephone network

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001)

      Radios: 52,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations: 1 (2002)

      Televisions: 28,000 (1997)

      Internet country code: .dj

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)

      Internet users: 1,400 (2000)

      Transportation Djibouti

      Railways: total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad) narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge note: Djibouti and Ethiopia plan to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals by 2003 (2001 est.)

      Highways: total: 2,890 km paved: 364 km unpaved: 2,526 km (1996)

      Waterways: none

      Ports and harbors: Djibouti

      Airports: 12 (2001)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 2 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2001)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 10 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 3 (2001)

      Military Djibouti

      Military branches: Djibouti National Army (including Navy and Air Force)

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 110,221 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 64,940 (2002 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $26.5 million (FY01)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 4.4% (FY01)

      Transnational Issues Djibouti

      Disputes - international: Djibouti maintains economic ties and border accords with "Somaliland" leadership while politically supporting the Somali Transitional National Government in Mogadishu

      This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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      Dominica

      Introduction

      Dominica

      Background: Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans, due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years.

      Geography Dominica

      Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago

      Geographic coordinates: 15 25 N, 61 20 W

      Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

      Area: total: 754 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 754 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly more than four times the size of Washington,

       DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 148 km

      Maritime claims: 12 NM exclusive economic zone: Climate: tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall

      Terrain: rugged mountains of volcanic origin

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point:

       Morne Diablatins 1,447 m

      Natural resources: timber, hydropower, arable land

      Land use: arable land: 4% permanent crops: 16% other: 80% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Natural hazards: flash floods are a constant threat; destructive hurricanes can be expected during the late summer months

      Environment - current issues: NA

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Geography - note: known as "The Nature Island of the Caribbean" due to its spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which are protected by an extensive natural park system; the most mountainous of the Lesser Antilles, its volcanic peaks are cones of lava craters and include Boiling Lake, the second-largest, thermally active lake in the world

      People Dominica

      Population: 70,158 (July 2002 est.)

      Age structure: 0-14 years: 28.3% (male 10,052; female 9,800) 15-64 years: 63.8% (male 23,011; female 21,782) 65 years and over: 7.9% (male 2,245; female 3,268) (2002 est.)

      Population growth rate: -0.81% (2002 est.)

      Birth rate: 17.3 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Death rate: 7.11 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Net migration rate: -18.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 15.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: 76.88 years (2002 est.) male: Total fertility rate: 2.01 children born/woman (2002 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

      HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

      Nationality: noun: Dominican(s) adjective: Dominican

      Ethnic groups: black, mixed black and European, European, Syrian,

       Carib Amerindian

      Religions: Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%, Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6%

      Languages: English СКАЧАТЬ