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

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СКАЧАТЬ by sugar companies in various gauges (0.558-m, 0.762-m, 1.067-m gauges) (2000 est.) narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge (Dominican Republic Government Railway)

      Highways: total: 12,600 km paved: 6,224 km unpaved: 6,376 km (1996)

      Waterways: none

      Pipelines: crude oil 96 km; petroleum products 8 km

      Ports and harbors: Barahona, La Romana, Manzanillo, Puerto Plata,

       San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo

      Merchant marine: total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,587

       GRT/1,165 DWT ships by type: cargo 1 (2002 est.)

      Airports: 29 (2001)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 13 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 1 (2001)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 16 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 10 (2001)

      Military Dominican Republic

      Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police

      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,323,088 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 1,455,887 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 87,404 (2002 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $180 million (FY98)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.1% (FY98)

      Transnational Issues Dominican Republic

      Disputes - international: none

      Illicit drugs: transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; has become a transshipment point for ecstasy from the Netherlands and Belgium destined for US and Canada

      This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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      Ecuador

      Introduction

      Ecuador

      Background: The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A border war with Peru that flared in 1995 was resolved in 1999.

      Geography Ecuador

      Location: Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the

       Equator, between Colombia and Peru

      Geographic coordinates: 2 00 S, 77 30 W

      Map references: South America

      Area: total: 283,560 sq km note: includes Galapagos Islands water: 6,720 sq km land: 276,840 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Nevada

      Land boundaries: total: 2,010 km border countries: Colombia 590 km,

       Peru 1,420 km

      Coastline: 2,237 km

      Maritime claims: continental shelf: claims continental shelf between mainland and Galapagos Islands territorial sea: 200 NM

      Climate: tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands

      Terrain: coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente)

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point:

       Chimborazo 6,267 m

      Natural resources: petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower

      Land use: arable land: 6% permanent crops: 5% other: 89% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land: 8,650 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards: frequent earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts

      Environment - current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes in ecologically sensitive areas of the Galapagos Islands

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Antarctic-Environmental

       Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate

       Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous

       Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical

       Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none

       of the selected agreements

      Geography - note: Cotopaxi in Andes is highest active volcano in world

      People Ecuador

      Population: 13,447,494 (July 2002 est.)

      Age structure: 0-14 years: 35.4% (male 2,415,764; female 2,337,095) 15-64 years: 60.2% (male 4,007,495; female 4,090,957) 65 years and over: 4.4% (male 276,482; female 319,701) (2002 est.)

      Population growth rate: 1.96% (2002 est.)

      Birth rate: 25.47 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Death rate: 5.36 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Net migration rate: -0.53 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: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 33.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: 74.57 years (2002 est.) male: Total fertility rate: 3.05 children born/woman (2002 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.3% (2001)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 20,000 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths: 232 (2001)

      Nationality: noun: Ecuadorian(s) adjective: Ecuadorian

      Ethnic groups: mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 65%, Amerindian 25%,

       Spanish and others 7%, black 3%

      Religions: Roman Catholic 95%

      Languages: СКАЧАТЬ