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

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СКАЧАТЬ 10 1,524 to 2,437 m: 11 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 65 (2001)

      Military Belarus

      Military branches: Army, Air Force (including air defense), Interior

       Ministry Troops, Border Guards

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

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,744,267 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 2,149,873 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 86,396 (2002 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $156 million (FY98)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1% (FY01)

      Transnational Issues Belarus

      Disputes - international: boundary demarcation with Latvia and Lithuania is pending European Union funding

      Illicit drugs: limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for the domestic market; transshipment point for illicit drugs to and via Russia, and to the Baltics and Western Europe

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      Solomon Islands

      Introduction

      Solomon Islands

      Background: The UK established a protectorate over the Solomon Islands in the 1890s. Some of the most bitter fighting of World War II occurred on these islands. Self-government was achieved in 1976 and independence two years later. Ethnic violence, government malfeasance, and endemic crime have undermined stability and civil society.

      Geography Solomon Islands

      Location: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea

      Geographic coordinates: 8 00 S, 159 00 E

      Map references: Oceania

      Area: total: 28,450 sq km water: 910 sq km land: 27,540 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Maryland

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 5,313 km

      Maritime claims: measured from claimed archipelagic baselines territorial sea: 12 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM continental shelf: 200 NM

      Climate: tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather

      Terrain: mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls

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

       Mount Makarakomburu 2,447 m

      Natural resources: fish, forests, gold, bauxite, phosphates, lead, zinc, nickel

      Land use: arable land: 1% permanent crops: 1% other: 98% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Natural hazards: typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earth tremors; volcanic activity

      Environment - current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; many of the surrounding coral reefs are dead or dying

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate

       Change, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea,

       Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection,

       Whaling signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

      Geography - note: strategic location on sea routes between the South

       Pacific Ocean, the Solomon Sea, and the Coral Sea

      People Solomon Islands

      Population: 494,786 (July 2002 est.)

      Age structure: 0-14 years: 43.4% (male 109,339; female 105,170) 15-64 years: 53.5% (male 134,125; female 130,804) 65 years and over: 3.1% (male 7,467; female 7,881) (2002 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.91% (2002 est.)

      Birth rate: 33.26 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Death rate: 4.19 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

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

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.95 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 23.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: 74.39 years (2002 est.) male: Total fertility rate: 4.5 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: Solomon Islander(s) adjective: Solomon Islander

      Ethnic groups: Melanesian 93%, Polynesian 4%, Micronesian 1.5%, European 0.8%, Chinese 0.3%, other 0.4%

      Religions: Anglican 45%, Roman Catholic 18%, United (Methodist/Presbyterian) 12%, Baptist 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, other Protestant 5%, indigenous beliefs 4%

      Languages: Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English is official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population note: 120 indigenous languages

      Literacy: definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

      Government Solomon Islands

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

       Solomon Islands former: British Solomon Islands

      Government type: parliamentary democracy tending toward anarchy

      Capital: Honiara

      Administrative divisions: 9 provinces and 1 capital territory*; Central,

       Choiseul (Lauru), Guadalcanal, Honiara*, Isabel, Makira, Malaita,

       Rennell/Bellona, Temotu, Western

      Independence: 7 July 1978 (from UK)

      National holiday: Independence Day, 7 July (1978)

      Constitution: 7 July 1978

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