The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

341,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       1 (2002)

      Televisions:

       33,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .cg

      Internet hosts:

       46 (2003)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       1 (2000)

      Internet users:

       15,000 (2003)

      Transportation Congo, Republic of the

      Railways: total: 894 km narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)

      Highways: total: 12,800 km paved: 1,242 km unpaved: 11,558 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       4,385 km (on Congo and Oubanqui rivers) (2004)

      Pipelines:

       gas 53 km; oil 646 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Brazzaville, Impfondo, Ouesso, Oyo, Pointe-Noire

      Airports:

       32 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 4 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 28 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)

      Military Congo, Republic of the

      Military branches:

       Congolese Armed Forces (FAC): Army, Air Force, Navy

      Military manpower - military age and obligation:

       18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 773,790 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 390,884 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 31,964 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $68.6 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       2.8% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Congo, Republic of the

      Disputes - international:

       the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the

       Democratic Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool

       Malebo/Stanley Pool area

      Refugees and internally displaced persons:

       IDPs: 60,000 (multiple civil wars since 1992; most IDPs are ethnic

       Lari) (2004)

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      @Cook Islands

      Introduction Cook Islands

      Background:

       Named after Captain Cook, who sighted them in 1770, the islands

       became a British protectorate in 1888. By 1900, administrative

       control was transferred to New Zealand; in 1965 residents chose

       self-government in free association with New Zealand. The emigration

       of skilled workers to New Zealand and government deficits are

       continuing problems.

      Geography Cook Islands

      Location:

       Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about

       one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

      Geographic coordinates:

       21 14 S, 159 46 W

      Map references:

       Oceania

      Area:

       total: 240 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

       land: 240 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       1.3 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries:

       0 km

      Coastline:

       120 km

      Maritime claims:

       territorial sea: 12 nm

       continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

       exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

      Climate:

       tropical; moderated by trade winds

      Terrain:

       low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Te Manga 652 m

      Natural resources:

       NEGL

      Land use:

       arable land: 17.39%

       permanent crops: 13.04%

       other: 69.57% (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       NA sq km

      Natural hazards:

       typhoons (November to March)

      Environment - current issues:

       NA

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

       Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

       the northern Cook Islands are seven low-lying, sparsely populated,

       coral atolls; the southern Cook Islands consist of eight elevated,

       fertile, volcanic isles where most of the populace lives

      People Cook Islands

      Population: 21,200 (July 2004 est.)

      Age structure: 0–14 years: NA 15–64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA (2004 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       NA (2004 est.)

      Birth rate:

       NA births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Death rate:

       NA deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       NA (2004 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: NA

       male: NA

       female: NA (2004 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: NA years

       male: NA years

       female: NA years (2004 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       NA children born/woman (2004 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       NA

      HIV/AIDS