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

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СКАЧАТЬ 1,360 km paved: 34 km unpaved: 1,326 km (includes about 800 km of private plantation roads) (1996 est.)

      Waterways: none

      Ports and harbors: Aola Bay, Honiara, Lofung, Noro, Viru Harbor, Yandina

      Merchant marine: none (2002 est.)

      Airports: 31 (2001)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2001)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 29 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 19 (2001)

      Military Solomon Islands

      Military branches: no regular military forces; Solomon Islands National

       Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force; Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIP)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $NA

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%

      Transnational Issues Solomon Islands

      Disputes - international: none

      This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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      Navassa Island

      Introduction

      Navassa Island

      Background: This uninhabited island was claimed by the US in 1857 for its guano, and mining took place between 1865 and 1898. The lighthouse, built in 1917, was shut down in 1996 and administration of Navassa Island transferred from the Coast Guard to the Department of the Interior. A 1998 scientific expedition to the island described it as a unique preserve of Caribbean biodiversity; the following year it became a National Wildlife Refuge.

      Geography Navassa Island

      Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, about one-fourth of the way from Haiti to Jamaica

      Geographic coordinates: 18 25 N, 75 02 W

      Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

      Area: total: 5.2 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 5.2 sq km

      Area - comparative: about nine 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: marine, tropical

      Terrain: raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 m high)

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: unnamed location on southwest side 77 m

      Natural resources: guano

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

      Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards: NA

      Environment - current issues: NA

      Geography - note: strategic location 160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; mostly exposed rock, but enough grassland to support goat herds; dense stands of fig-like trees, scattered cactus

      People Navassa Island

      Population: uninhabited note: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island (July 2002 est.)

      Population growth rate: NA

      Government Navassa Island

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

       Navassa Island

      Dependency status: unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior; in September 1996, the Coast Guard ceased operations and maintenance of Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall lighthouse on the southern side of the island; there has also been a private claim advanced against the island

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

      Flag description: the flag of the US is used

      Economy Navassa Island

      Economy - overview: no economic activity

      Transportation Navassa Island

      Waterways: none

      Ports and harbors: none; offshore anchorage only

      Military Navassa Island

      Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the US

      Transnational Issues Navassa Island

      Disputes - international: claimed by Haiti

      This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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      Brazil

      Introduction

      Brazil

      Background: Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil has overcome more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of the country to pursue industrial and agricultural growth and development of the interior. Exploiting vast natural resources and a large labor pool, Brazil became South America's leading economic power by the 1970s. Highly unequal income distribution remains a pressing problem.

      Geography Brazil

      Location: Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean

      Geographic coordinates: 10 00 S, 55 00 W

      Map references: South America

      Area: total: 8,511,965 sq km land: 8,456,510 sq km note: includes

       Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade,

       Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo water: 55,455 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than the US

      Land boundaries: total: 14,691 km border countries: Argentina 1,224 km,

       Bolivia 3,400 km, Colombia 1,643 km, French Guiana 673 km, Guyana 1,119

       km, Paraguay 1,290 km, Peru 1,560 km, Suriname 597 km, Uruguay 985 km,

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