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

and chemicals

      Imports - partners:

       France 63%, US, Trinidad and Tobago, Italy (2002 est.)

      Debt - external:

       $1.2 billion (1988)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       NA (1995)

      Currency:

       euro (EUR)

      Currency code:

       EUR

      Exchange rates:

       Euros per US dollar - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001),

       1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications French Guiana

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       51,000 (2001)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       138,200 (2002)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: NA

       domestic: fair open-wire and microwave radio relay system

       international: country code - 594; satellite earth station - 1

       Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 2, FM 14 (including 6 repeaters), shortwave 6 (including 5

       repeaters) (1998)

      Radios:

       104,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       3 (plus eight low-power repeaters) (1997)

      Televisions:

       30,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .gf

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       2 (2000)

      Internet users:

       3,200 (2002)

      Transportation French Guiana

      Highways:

       total: 722 km

       paved: NA km

       unpaved: NA km (1996)

      Waterways:

       3,760 km

       note: 460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and

       river steamers, 3,300 km by native craft (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Cayenne, Degrad des Cannes, Saint-Laurent du Maroni

      Airports:

       11 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 4 over 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 7

       914 to 1,523 m: 2

       under 914 m: 5 (2004 est.)

      Military French Guiana

      Military branches:

       no regular military forces; Gendarmerie

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 52,294 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 33,914 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       NA

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       NA

      Military - note:

       defense is the responsibility of France

      Transnational Issues French Guiana

      Disputes - international:

       Suriname claims area between Riviere Litani and Riviere Marouini

       (both headwaters of the Lawa)

      Illicit drugs:

       small amount of marijuana grown for local consumption; minor

       transshipment point to Europe

      This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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      @French Polynesia

      Introduction French Polynesia

      Background:

       The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th

       century. In September 1995, France stirred up widespread protests by

       resuming nuclear testing on the Mururoa atoll after a three-year

       moratorium. The tests were suspended in January 1996.

      Geography French Polynesia

      Location:

       Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of

       the way from South America to Australia

      Geographic coordinates:

       15 00 S, 140 00 W

      Map references:

       Oceania

      Area:

       total: 4,167 sq km (118 islands and atolls)

       water: 507 sq km

       land: 3,660 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut

      Land boundaries:

       0 km

      Coastline:

       2,525 km

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

      Climate:

       tropical, but moderate

      Terrain:

       mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m

      Natural resources:

       timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower

      Land use: arable land: 0.82% permanent crops: 5.46% other: 93.72% (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       NA sq km

      Natural hazards:

       occasional cyclonic storms in January

      Environment - current issues:

       NA

      Geography - note:

       includes five archipelagoes (4 volcanic, 1 coral); Makatea in

       French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in

       the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati

       and Nauru

      People French Polynesia

      Population:

       266,339 (July 2004 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 27.5% (male 37,372; female 35,818)

       15–64 years: 66.9% (male 92,594; female 85,455)

       65 years and over: 5.7% (male 7,616; female 7,484) (2004 est.)

      Median