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

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      Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

      Communications Barbados

      Telephones - main lines in use: 108,000 (1997)

      Telephones - mobile cellular: 8,013 (1997)

      Telephone system: general assessment: NA domestic: island-wide automatic telephone system international: satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); tropospheric scatter to Trinidad and Saint Lucia

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios: 237,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations: 1 (plus two cable channels) (1997)

      Televisions: 76,000 (1997)

      Internet country code: .bb

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 19 (2000)

      Internet users: 6,000 (2000)

      Transportation Barbados

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 1,650 km paved: 1,628 km unpaved: 22 km (1998)

      Waterways: none

      Ports and harbors: Bridgetown, Speightstown (Port Charles Marina)

      Merchant marine: total: 41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 629,987 GRT/1,073,991 DWT note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Australia 1, Bahamas, The 1, Canada 4, Germany 1, Greece 2, Hong Kong 7, Norway 7, United Kingdom 18 (2002 est.) ships by type: Airports: 1 (2001)

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

      Military Barbados

      Military branches: Royal Barbados Defense Force (including Ground Forces and Coast Guard), Royal Barbados Police Force

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 78,132 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 53,532 (2002 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $NA

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%

      Transnational Issues Barbados

      Disputes - international: none

      Illicit drugs: one of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for Europe and the US

      This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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      Botswana

      Introduction

      Botswana

      Background: Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name upon independence in 1966. The economy, one of the most robust on the continent, is dominated by diamond mining.

      Geography Botswana

      Location: Southern Africa, north of South Africa

      Geographic coordinates: 22 00 S, 24 00 E

      Map references: Africa

      Area: total: 600,370 sq km water: 15,000 sq km land: 585,370 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Texas

      Land boundaries: total: 4,013 km border countries: Namibia 1,360 km,

       South Africa 1,840 km, Zimbabwe 813 km

      Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

      Climate: semiarid; warm winters and hot summers

      Terrain: predominantly flat to gently rolling tableland; Kalahari Desert in southwest

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: junction of the Limpopo and Shashe

       Rivers 513 m highest point: Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m

      Natural resources: diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver

      Land use: arable land: 1% permanent crops: 0% other: 99% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land: 10 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards: periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure visibility

      Environment - current issues: overgrazing; desertification; limited fresh water resources

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note: landlocked; population concentrated in eastern part of the country

      People Botswana

      Population: 1,591,232 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2002 est.)

      Age structure: 0-14 years: 40% (male 319,988; female 316,961) 15-64 years: 55.8% (male 428,638; female 458,777) 65 years and over: 4.2% (male 26,965; female 39,903) (2002 est.)

      Population growth rate: 0.18% (2002 est.)

      Birth rate: 28.04 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Death rate: 26.26 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 64.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: 35.43 years (2002 est.) male: Total fertility rate: 3.6 children born/woman (2002 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 35.8% (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 290,000 (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths: 24,000 (1999 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural) adjective:

       Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)

      Ethnic groups: Tswana (or СКАЧАТЬ