The 1997 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

$276 million (FY96/97 est.)

      Industries: fish processing, salt mining, garments, ship repair, food and beverages

      Industrial production growth rate: NA%

      Electricity - capacity: 17,000 kW

      Electricity - production: 15 million kWh (1991)

      Electricity - consumption per capita: 39 kWh (1991 est.)

      Agriculture - products: bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee, peanuts; fish

      Exports: total value: $10 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.) commodities: fish, bananas, fuels, basic manufactures partners: Netherlands, Portugal 50%, Angola, Spain, Singapore, UK

      Imports: total value : $211.8 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.) commodities: foodstuffs, consumer goods, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels partners : Portugal 45%, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Brazil, France, Cote d'Ivoire

      Debt - external: $170 million (1994)

      Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA

      Currency: 1 Cape Verdean escudo (CVEsc) = 100 centavos

      Exchange rates: Cape Verdean escudos (CVEsc) per US$1 - 84.770 (December 1996), 82.591 (1996), 76.853 (1995), 81.891 (1994), 80.427 (1993), 68.018 (1992)

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      @Cape Verde:Communications

      Telephones: 1,740 (1987 est.)

      Telephone system: domestic: interisland microwave radio relay system international : 2 coaxial submarine cables; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 0

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 1 (1987 est.)

      Televisions: 7,000 (1991 est.)

      @Cape Verde:Transportation

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total : 1,100 km paved: 858 km unpaved: 242 km (1995 est.)

      Ports and harbors: Mindelo, Praia, Tarrafal

      Merchant marine: total: 3 (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,032 GRT/5,966 DWT ships by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 1 (1996 est.)

      Airports: 6 (1996 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 6 over 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 5 (1996 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP; includes

       Army and Navy), Security Service

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49: 78,622 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 44,870 (1997 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $3.4 million (1994)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: none

      Illicit drugs: increasingly used as a transshipment point for illicit drugs moving from Latin America and Africa destined for Western Europe ______________________________________________________________________

      CAYMAN ISLANDS

      (dependent territory of the UK)

      @Cayman Islands:Geography

      Location: Caribbean, island group in Caribbean Sea, nearly one-half of the way from Cuba to Honduras

      Geographic coordinates: 19 30 N, 80 30 W

      Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

      Area: total : 260 sq km land: 260 sq km water : 0 sq km

      Area - comparative: 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 160 km

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

      Climate: tropical marine; warm, rainy summers (May to October) and cool, relatively dry winters (November to April)

      Terrain: low-lying limestone base surrounded by coral reefs

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: The Bluff 43 m

      Natural resources: fish, climate and beaches that foster tourism

      Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops : 0% permanent pastures: 8% forests and woodland: 23% other: 69% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Natural hazards: hurricanes (July to November)

      Environment - current issues: no natural fresh water resources, drinking water supplies must be met by rainwater catchment

      Environment - international agreements: party to : NA signed, but not ratified: NA

      Geography - note: important location between Cuba and Central America

      @Cayman Islands:People

      Population: 36,153 (July 1997 est.)

      Age structure: 0–14 years : NA 15–64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA

      Population growth rate: 4.25% (1997 est.)

      Birth rate: 14.24 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Death rate: 4.98 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Net migration rate: 33.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.) note: major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US

      Sex ratio: at birth: NA male(s)/female under 15 years: NA male(s)/female 15–64 years: NA male(s)/female 65 years and over: NA male(s)/female total population : NA male(s)/female

      Infant mortality rate: 8.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population : 77.1 years male: 75.37 years female: 78.81 years (1997 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 1.37 children born/woman (1997 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Caymanian(s) adjective : Caymanian

      Ethnic groups: mixed 40%, white 20%, black 20%, expatriates of various ethnic groups 20%

      Religions: United Church (Presbyterian and Congregational), Anglican,

       Baptist, Roman Catholic, Church of God, other Protestant denominations

      Languages: English

      Literacy: definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 98% male: 98% female: 98% (1970 est.)

      @Cayman Islands:Government

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

      Data code: CJ

      Dependency status: dependent territory of the UK

      Government type: NA

      National capital: George Town

      Administrative divisions: 8 districts; Creek, Eastern, Midland, South

       Town, Spot Bay, Stake Bay, West End, Western

      Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK)

      National holiday: Constitution Day (first Monday in July)

      Constitution: 1959, revised 1972 and 1992

      Legal system: British common law and local statutes

      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

      Executive