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Название: The 2002 CIA World Factbook

Автор: United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Издательство: Bookwire

Жанр: Социология

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СКАЧАТЬ petroleum; diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, feldspar, bauxite, uranium, and gold; cement; basic metal products; fish processing; food processing; brewing; tobacco products; sugar; textiles

      Industrial production growth rate: NA%

      Electricity - production: 1.19 billion kWh (2000)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 40.34% hydro: 59.66% other: 0% (2000) nuclear: 0%

      Electricity - consumption: 1.107 billion kWh (2000)

      Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)

      Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)

      Agriculture - products: bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc (tapioca), tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest products; fish

      Exports: $7 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)

      Exports - commodities: crude oil 90%, diamonds, refined petroleum products, gas, coffee, sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton

      Exports - partners: US 44.5%, EU 17.3%, China 22.7%, South Korea 8.1% (2000)

      Imports: $2.7 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)

      Imports - commodities: machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts; medicines, food, textiles, military goods

      Imports - partners: EU 47.4%, South Korea 16%, South Africa 15.9%,

       US 11.3%, Brazil 5.5% (2000)

      Debt - external: $10.4 billion (2001 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient: $383.5 million (1999)

      Currency: kwanza (AOA)

      Currency code: AOA

      Exchange rates: kwanza per US dollar - 32.8716 (January 2002), 22.058 (2001), 10.041 (2000), 2.791 (1999), 0.393 (1998), 0.229 (1997); note - in December 1999 the kwanza was revalued with six zeroes dropped off the old value

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      Communications Angola

      Telephones - main lines in use: 69,700 (1997)

      Telephones - mobile cellular: 25,800 (2000)

      Telephone system: general assessment: telephone service limited mostly to government and business use; HF radiotelephone used extensively for military links domestic: limited system of wire, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 36, FM 7, shortwave 9 (2000)

      Radios: 815,000 (2000)

      Television broadcast stations: 7 (2000)

      Televisions: 196,000 (2000)

      Internet country code: .ao

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)

      Internet users: 30,000 (2001)

      Transportation Angola

      Railways: total: 2,771 km (inland, much of the track is unusable because of land mines still in place from the civil war) narrow gauge: 2,648 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2000 est.)

      Highways: total: 76,626 km paved: 19,156 km unpaved: 57,470 km (1997)

      Waterways: 1,295 km

      Pipelines: crude oil 179 km

      Ports and harbors: Ambriz, Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Malongo, Mocamedes,

       Namibe, Porto Amboim, Soyo

      Merchant marine: total: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 39,305

       GRT/63,528 DWT ships by type: cargo 8, petroleum tanker 1 (2002 est.)

      Airports: 244 (2001)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 32 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 13 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 1 (2001)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 212 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 30 914 to 1,523 m: 95 under 914 m: 80 (2001)

      Military Angola

      Military branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, National

       Police Force

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

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,532,469 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 1,272,509 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 103,807 (2002 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $1.2 billion (FY97)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 22% (1999)

      Transnational Issues Angola

      Disputes - international: none

      Illicit drugs: used as a transshipment point for cocaine destined for

       Western Europe and other African states

      This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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      American Samoa

      Introduction

      American Samoa

      Background: Settled as early as 1000 B. C., Samoa was "discovered" by European explorers in the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany and the US divided the Samoan archipelago. The US formally occupied its portion - a smaller group of eastern islands with the excellent harbor of Pago Pago - the following year.

      Geography American Samoa

      Location: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand

      Geographic coordinates: 14 20 S, 170 00 W

      Map references: Oceania

      Area: includes Rose Island and Swains Island water: Area - comparative: slightly larger than Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 116 km

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

      Climate: tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season from November to April, dry season from May to October; little СКАЧАТЬ