The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

force:

       58,800 (1997)

      Labor force - by occupation: services, government, and commerce 60.6%, industry 21.2%, agriculture 18.2% (1980)

      Unemployment rate:

       22% (2001)

      Budget:

       revenues: $225 million

       expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105

       million (1996)

      Industries:

       construction, shrimp processing, forestry products, rum, gold mining

      Industrial production growth rate:

       NA%

      Electricity - production:

       455 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% other: 0% (2001) nuclear: 0%

      Electricity - consumption:

       423.2 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       6,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Agriculture - products: corn, rice, manioc (tapioca), sugar, cocoa, vegetables, bananas; cattle, pigs, poultry

      Exports:

       $155 million f.o.b.

      Exports - commodities:

       shrimp, timber, gold, rum, rosewood essence, clothing

      Exports - partners:

       France 62%, Switzerland 7%, US 2% (2001)

      Imports:

       $625 million c.i.f.

      Imports - commodities:

       food (grains, processed meat), machinery and transport equipment,

       fuels and chemicals

      Imports - partners:

       France 63%, US, Trinidad and Tobago, Italy (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $1.2 billion (1988)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $NA

      Currency:

       euro (EUR); French franc (FRF)

      Currency code:

       EUR; FRF

      Exchange rates:

       Euros per US dollar - 1.06 (2002), 1.12 (2001), 1.09 (2000), 0.94

       (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications French Guiana

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       47,000 (1997)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       NA

      Telephone system: general assessment: NA domestic: fair open-wire and microwave radio relay system international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 14 (including 6 repeaters), shortwave 6 (including 5 repeaters) (1998)

      Radios:

       104,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       3 (plus eight low-power repeaters) (1997)

      Televisions:

       30,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .gf

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       2 (2000)

      Internet users:

       2,000 (2000)

      Transportation French Guiana

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways:

       total: 722 km

       paved: NA km

       unpaved: NA km (1996)

      Waterways:

       3,300 km navigable by native craft

       note: 460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and

       river steamers

      Ports and harbors:

       Cayenne, Degrad des Cannes, Saint-Laurent du Maroni

      Merchant marine:

       none (2002 est.)

      Airports:

       11 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 4 over 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 1 (2002)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 7

       914 to 1,523 m: 2

       under 914 m: 5 (2002)

      Military French Guiana

      Military branches:

       no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces, Gendarmerie

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 51,444 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 33,345 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $NA

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       NA%

      Military - note:

       defense is the responsibility of France

      Transnational Issues French Guiana

      Disputes - international:

       Suriname claims area between Riviere Litani and Riviere Marouini

       (both headwaters of the Lawa)

      Illicit drugs:

       small amount of marijuana grown for local consumption; minor

       transshipment point to Europe

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003

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      Introduction French Polynesia

      Background:

       The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th

       century. In September 1995, France stirred up widespread protests by

       resuming nuclear testing on the Mururoa atoll after a three-year

       moratorium. The tests were suspended in January 1996.

      Geography French Polynesia

      Location:

       Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of

       the way from South America to Australia

      Geographic coordinates:

       15 00 S, 140 00 W

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