The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

- production:

      0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      2,117 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      0 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - imports:

      1,785 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

      Current account balance:

      -$132.6 million (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $76.5 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides

      Exports - partners:

      Spain 37.2%, Portugal 29.9%, Morocco 7%, US 6.6% (2007)

      Imports:

      $743.6 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      foodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels

      Imports - partners:

      Portugal 40.7%, Netherlands 10.9%, France 6.5%, Spain 5.6%, Cote d'Ivoire 4.9%, Brazil 4.7%, Italy 4.7% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $160.6 million (2005)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $398 million (31 December 2007 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $325 million (2002)

      Currency (code):

      Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)

      Currency code:

      CVE

      Exchange rates:

      Cape Verdean escudos (CVE) per US dollar - 81.235 (2007), 87.946 (2006), 88.67 (2005), 88.808 (2004), 97.703 (2003)

      Communications

       Cape Verde

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      71,600 (2006)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      148,000 (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: effective system, extensive modernization from 1996–2000 following partial privatization in 1995 domestic: major service provider is Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT); fiber-optic ring, completed in 2001, links all islands providing Internet access and ISDN services; cellular service introduced in 1998; broadband services launched in 2004 international: country code - 238; landing point for the Atlantis-2 fiber-optic transatlantic telephone cable that provides links to South America, Senegal, and Europe; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 0, FM 22 (plus 12 repeaters), shortwave 0 (2001)

      Radios:

      100,000 (2002 est.)

      Television broadcast stations:

      1 (plus 7 repeaters) (2001)

      Televisions:

      15,000 (2002 est.)

      Internet country code:

      .cv

      Internet hosts:

      20 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      1 (2002)

      Internet users:

      37,000 (2007)

      Transportation

       Cape Verde

      Airports:

      8 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 8 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 1 (2007)

      Roadways:

      total: 1,350 km paved: 932 km unpaved: 418 km (2000)

      Merchant marine:

      total: 8 by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, passenger/cargo 5 foreign-owned: 2 (Spain 1, UK 1) (2008)

      Ports and terminals:

      Porto Grande

      Military

       Cape Verde

      Military branches:

      People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP): Army, Coast Guard (includes maritime air wing) (2007)

      Military service age and obligation:

      18 years of age (est.) for selective compulsory military service; 14-month conscript service obligation (2006)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 103,650 females age 16–49: 103,553 (2008 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 83,082 females age 16–49: 88,832 (2008 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 5,566 female: 5,441 (2008 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      0.7% of GDP (2005)

      Transnational Issues

       Cape Verde

      Disputes - international:

      none

      Illicit drugs:

      used as a transshipment point for Latin American cocaine destined for Western Europe; the lack of a well-developed financial system limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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      @Cayman Islands

      Introduction

       Cayman Islands

      Background:

      The Cayman Islands were colonized from Jamaica by the British during the 18th and 19th centuries, and were administered by Jamaica after 1863. In 1959, the islands became a territory within the Federation of the West Indies, but when the Federation dissolved in 1962, the Cayman Islands chose to remain a British dependency.

      Geography

       Cayman Islands

      Location:

      Caribbean, three-island group (Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, Little Cayman) in Caribbean Sea, 240 km south of Cuba and 268 km northwest of Jamaica

      Geographic coordinates:

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