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

5.819 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       43,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       31,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       62.28 million bbl (37257)

      Natural gas - production:

       8.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       8.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       46 billion cu m (37257)

      Agriculture - products:

       fruit, vegetables; poultry, dairy products; shrimp, fish

      Exports:

       $5.8 billion (2002)

      Exports - commodities:

       petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum, textiles

      Exports - partners:

       US 4.5%, India 3.2%, Saudi Arabia 2.1% (2002)

      Imports:

       $4.2 billion (2002)

      Imports - commodities:

       crude oil, machinery, chemicals

      Imports - partners:

       Saudi Arabia 30.1%, US 11.7%, Japan 7.1%, Germany 6.5%, UK 5.6%

       (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $3.7 billion (2002)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $150 million; note - $50 million annually since 1992 from each of

       Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Kuwait (2002)

      Currency:

       Bahraini dinar (BHD)

      Currency code:

       BHD

      Exchange rates:

       Bahraini dinars per US dollar - 0.38 (2002), 0.38 (2001), 0.38

       (2000), 0.38 (1999), 0.38 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Bahrain

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       152,000 (1997)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       58,543 (1997)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: modern system

       domestic: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network

       with rapidly growing use of mobile cellular telephones

       international: tropospheric scatter to Qatar and UAE; microwave

       radio relay to Saudi Arabia; submarine cable to Qatar, UAE, and

       Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic

       Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat (1997)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios:

       338,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       4 (1997)

      Televisions:

       275,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .bh

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       1 (2000)

      Internet users:

       140,200 (2002)

      Transportation Bahrain

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 3,261 km paved: 2,531 km unpaved: 730 km (2000)

      Waterways:

       none

      Pipelines:

       gas 20 km; oil 53 km (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Manama, Mina' Salman, Sitrah

      Merchant marine:

       total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 234,599 GRT/336,528 DWT

       ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 1, container 2, petroleum tanker 1,

       includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of

       convenience: Kuwait 1 (2002 est.)

      Airports:

       4 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 3 over 3,047 m: 2 1524 to 2437 m: 1 (2002)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 1

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)

      Heliports:

       1 (2002)

      Military Bahrain

      Military branches:

       Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF) comprising Ground Force (includes Air

       Defense), Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Police Force, Amiri Guards,

       National Guard

      Military manpower - military age:

       15 years of age (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 222,242 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 121,739 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 6,126 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $526.2 million (FY01)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       6.7% (FY01)

      Transnational Issues Bahrain

      Disputes - international: none

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003

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      @Baker Island

      Introduction Baker Island

      Background:

       The US took possession of the island in 1857, and its guano

       deposits were mined by US and British companies during the second

       half of the 19th century. In 1935, a short-lived attempt at

       colonization was begun on this island - as well as on nearby Howland

       Island - but was disrupted by World War II and thereafter abandoned.

       Presently the island is a National Wildlife Refuge run by the US

       Department of the Interior; a day beacon