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

revenues: $340 million

       expenditures: $445 million, including capital expenditures of $NA

       (2000 est.)

      Industries:

       US military, tourism, construction, transshipment services,

       concrete products, printing and publishing, food processing, textiles

      Industrial production growth rate:

       NA%

      Electricity - production:

       830 million kWh (2001)

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

      Electricity - consumption:

       771.9 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       20,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Agriculture - products:

       fruits, copra, vegetables; eggs, pork, poultry, beef

      Exports:

       $75.7 million f.o.b. (1999 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       mostly transshipments of refined petroleum products; construction

       materials, fish, food and beverage products

      Exports - partners:

       Japan 81.7%, South Korea 6.1%, Canada 2.4% (2002)

      Imports:

       $203 million f.o.b. (1999 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured goods

      Imports - partners:

       Singapore 40.5%, South Korea 21.7%, Japan 21.6%, Hong Kong 4.9%

       (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $NA

      Economic aid - recipient:

       Guam receives large transfer payments from the US Federal Treasury

       ($143 million in 1997) into which Guamanians pay no income or excise

       taxes; under the provisions of a special law of Congress, the Guam

       Treasury, rather than the US Treasury, receives federal income taxes

       paid by military and civilian Federal employees stationed in Guam

      Currency:

       US dollar (USD)

      Currency code:

       USD

      Exchange rates:

       the US dollar is used

      Fiscal year:

       1 October - 30 September

      Communications Guam

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       84,134 (1998)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       55,000 (1998)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: modern system, integrated with US facilities

       for direct dialing, including free use of 800 numbers

       domestic: modern digital system, including cellular mobile service

       and local access to the Internet

       international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific

       Ocean); submarine cables to US and Japan (Guam is a trans-Pacific

       communications hub for MCI, Sprint, AT&T, IT&E, and GTE, linking the

       US and Asia)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 4, FM 7, shortwave 2 (2003)

      Radios:

       221,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       5 (1997)

      Televisions:

       106,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .gu

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       20 (2000)

      Internet users:

       5,000 (2000)

      Transportation Guam

      Railways:

       0 km

      Highways:

       total: 885 km

       paved: 675 km

       unpaved: 210 km

       note: there are also 685 km of roads classified non-public,

       including roads located on federal government installations

      Waterways:

       none

      Ports and harbors:

       Apra Harbor

      Merchant marine:

       none (2002 est.)

      Airports:

       5 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 4 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 1

       under 914 m: 1 (2002)

      Military Guam

      Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the US

      Transnational Issues Guam

      Disputes - international: none

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003

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      @Guatemala

      Introduction Guatemala

      Background:

       Guatemala was freed of Spanish colonial rule in 1821. During the

       second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of

       military and civilian governments as well as a 36-year guerrilla

       war. In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally

       ending the conflict, which had led to the death of more than 100,000

       people and had created some 1 million refugees.

      Geography Guatemala

      Location:

       Middle America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El

       Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean

       Sea) between Honduras and Belize

      Geographic coordinates:

       15 30 N, 90 15 W

      Map references:

       Central America and the Caribbean

      Area:

       total: 108,890 sq km

       water: 460 sq km