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

gourdes per US dollar - 29.25 (2002), 24.43 (2001), 21.17 (2000),

       16.94 (1999), 16.77 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       1 October - 30 September

      Communications Haiti

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       60,000 (1997)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       over 180,000 (January 2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: domestic facilities barely adequate;

       international facilities slightly better

       domestic: coaxial cable and microwave radio relay trunk service

       international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 41, FM 26, shortwave 0 (1999)

      Radios:

       415,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       2 (plus a cable TV service) (1997)

      Televisions:

       38,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .ht

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       3 (2000)

      Internet users:

       30,000 (2002)

      Transportation Haiti

      Railways:

       total: 40 km

       narrow gauge: 40 km 0.760-m gauge; single-track

       note: privately owned industrial line; closed in early 1990s (2001

       est.)

      Highways: total: 4,160 km paved: 1,011 km unpaved: 3,149 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       NEGL; less than 100 km navigable

      Ports and harbors:

       Cap-Haitien, Gonaives, Jacmel, Jeremie, Les Cayes, Miragoane,

       Port-au-Prince, Port-de-Paix, Saint-Marc

      Merchant marine:

       none (2002 est.)

      Airports:

       12 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 2

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

       914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 10

       914 to 1,523 m: 4

       under 914 m: 6 (2002)

      Military Haiti

      Military branches:

       Haitian National Police (HNP)

       note: the regular Haitian Army, Navy, and Air Force have been

       demobilized but still exist on paper until or unless they are

       constitutionally abolished

      Military manpower - military age:

       18 years of age (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 1,735,845 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 944,474 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 94,349 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $50 million (FY00)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       1.3% (FY00)

      Transnational Issues Haiti

      Disputes - international:

       despite efforts to control illegal migration, destitute Haitians

       continue to cross into Dominican Republic; claims US-administered

       Navassa Island

      Illicit drugs:

       major Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US

       and Europe; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian

       narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial

       transactions; pervasive corruption

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      @Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Introduction Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Background:

       These uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands were transferred

       from the UK to Australia in 1947. Populated by large numbers of seal

       and bird species, the islands have been designated a nature preserve.

      Geography Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Location:

       islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from

       Madagascar to Antarctica

      Geographic coordinates:

       53 06 S, 72 31 E

      Map references:

       Antarctic Region

      Area:

       total: 412 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

       land: 412 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       slightly more than two times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries:

       0 km

      Coastline:

       101.9 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM

      Climate:

       antarctic

      Terrain:

       Heard Island - 80% ice-covered, bleak and mountainous, dominated by

       a large massif (Big Ben) and an active volcano (Mawson Peak);

       McDonald Islands - small and rocky

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Mawson Peak, on Big Ben 2,745 m

      Natural resources:

       fish

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

      Irrigated land:

       0 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards:

       Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island

      Environment - current issues:

       NA

      People Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Population: uninhabited (July 2003 est.)

      Government Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald

       Islands

       conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald