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СКАЧАТЬ aid - recipient: $24.4 million (1995)

      Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

      Currency code: XCD

      Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)

      Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

      Communications Dominica

      Telephones - main lines in use: 19,000 (1996)

      Telephones - mobile cellular: 461 (1996)

      Telephone system: fully automatic network international: Guadeloupe;

       VHF and UHF radiotelephone links to Saint Lucia

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 10, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios: 46,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations: 0 (however, there is one cable television company) (1997)

      Televisions: 6,000 (1997)

      Internet country code: .dm

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 16 (2000)

      Internet users: 2,000 (2000)

      Transportation Dominica

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 780 km paved: 390 km unpaved: 390 km (2001)

      Waterways: none

      Ports and harbors: Portsmouth, Roseau

      Merchant marine: none (2002 est.)

      Airports: 2 (2001)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2001)

      Military Dominica

      Military branches: Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (including

       Special Service Unit, Coast Guard)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $NA

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%

      Transnational Issues Dominica

      Disputes - international: none

      Illicit drugs: transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; minor cannabis producer; banking industry is vulnerable to money laundering

      This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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      Jarvis Island

      Introduction

      Jarvis Island

      Background: First discovered by the British in 1821, the uninhabited island was annexed by the US in 1858, but abandoned in 1879 after tons of guano had been removed. The UK annexed the island in 1889, but never carried out plans for further exploitation. The US occupied and reclaimed the island in 1935. Abandoned after World War II, the island is currently a National Wildlife Refuge administered by the US Department of the Interior; a day beacon is situated near the middle of the west coast.

      Geography Jarvis Island

      Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and the Cook Islands

      Geographic coordinates: 0 22 S, 160 03 W

      Map references: Oceania

      Area: total: 4.5 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 4.5 sq km

      Area - comparative: about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington,

       DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 8 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM

      Climate: tropical; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun

      Terrain: sandy, coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 7 m

      Natural resources: guano (deposits worked until late 1800s), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife

      Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards: the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island poses a maritime hazard

      Environment - current issues: no natural fresh water resources

      Geography - note: sparse bunch grass, prostrate vines, and low-growing shrubs; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife

      People Jarvis Island

      Population: uninhabited note: Millersville settlement on western side of island occasionally used as a weather station from 1935 until World War II, when it was abandoned; reoccupied in 1957 during the International Geophysical Year by scientists who left in 1958; public entry is by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service (July 2002 est.)

      Population growth rate: NA

      Government Jarvis Island

      Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form:

       Jarvis Island

      Dependency status: unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system

      Legal system: the laws of the US, where applicable, apply

      Flag description: the flag of the US is used

      Economy Jarvis Island

      Economy - overview: no economic activity

      Transportation Jarvis Island

      Waterways: none

      Ports and harbors: none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one small boat landing area in the middle of the west coast and another near the southwest corner of the island

      Transportation - note: there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast

      Military Jarvis Island

      Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast Guard

      Transnational СКАЧАТЬ