The 2001 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

- composition by sector: agriculture: 1.4%

      industry: 3.2%

      services: 95.4% (1994 est.)

      Population below poverty line: NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%

      highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% (1998)

      Labor force: 19,820 (1995)

      Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 1.4%, industry 12.6%, services 86% (1995)

      Unemployment rate: 4.1% (1997)

      Budget: revenues: $265.2 million

      expenditures: $248.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997)

      Industries: tourism, banking, insurance and finance, construction, construction materials, furniture

      Industrial production growth rate: NA%

      Electricity - production: 330 million kWh (1999)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%

      hydro: 0%

      nuclear: 0%

      other: 0% (1999)

      Electricity - consumption: 306.9 million kWh (1999)

      Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1999)

      Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (1999)

      Agriculture - products: vegetables, fruit; livestock, turtle farming

      Exports: $1.5 million (1998)

      Exports - commodities: turtle products, manufactured consumer goods

      Exports - partners: mostly US

      Imports: $507.6 million (1998)

      Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, manufactured goods

      Imports - partners: US, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, Netherlands

       Antilles, Japan

      Debt - external: $70 million (1996)

      Economic aid - recipient: $NA

      Currency: Caymanian dollar (KYD)

      Currency code: KYD

      Exchange rates: Caymanian dollars per US dollar - 0.83 (3 November 1995), 0.85 (22 November 1993)

      Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

      Cayman Islands Communications

      Telephones - main lines in use: 19,000 (1995)

      Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,534 (1995)

      Telephone system: general assessment: NA

      domestic: NA

      international: 1 submarine coaxial cable; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios: 36,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations: NA

      Televisions: 7,000 (1997)

      Internet country code: .ky

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 16 (2000)

      Internet users: NA

      Cayman Islands Transportation

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 406 km

      paved: 304 km

      unpaved: 102 km

      Waterways: none

      Ports and harbors: Cayman Brac, George Town

      Merchant marine: total: 106 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,656,452 GRT/2,643,036 DWT

      ships by type: bulk 21, cargo 5, chemical tanker 27, container 4, liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker 13, refrigerated cargo 30, roll on/roll off 4, specialized tanker 1

      note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Cyprus 2, Denmark 2, Finland 1, Greece 11, Norway 3, UK 3, US 3 (2000 est.)

      Airports: 3 (2000 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 2

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2000 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 1

      914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2000 est.)

      Cayman Islands Military

      Military branches: Royal Cayman Islands Police Force (RCIPF)

      Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the UK

      Cayman Islands Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: none

      Illicit drugs: vulnerable to drug money laundering and drug transshipment to the US and Europe

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      @Central African Republic

      Central African Republic Introduction

      Background: The former French colony of Ubangi-Shari became the Central African Republic upon independence in 1960. After three tumultuous decades of misrule - mostly by military governments - a civilian government was installed in 1993.

      Central African Republic Geography

      Location: Central Africa, north of Democratic Republic of the Congo

      Geographic coordinates: 7 00 N, 21 00 E

      Map references: Africa

      Area: total: 622,984 sq km

      land: 622,984 sq km

      water: 0 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Texas

      Land boundaries: total: 5,203 km

      border countries: Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 467 km, Sudan 1,165 km

      Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

      Climate: tropical; hot, dry winters; mild to hot, wet summers

      Terrain: vast, flat to rolling, monotonous plateau; scattered hills in northeast and southwest

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Oubangui River 335 m

      highest point: Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m

      Natural resources: diamonds, uranium, timber, gold, oil, hydropower

      Land use: arable land: 3%

      permanent crops: 0%

      permanent pastures: 5%

      forests and woodland: 75%

      other: 17% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Natural hazards: hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds affect northern areas; floods are common

      Environment - current issues: tap water is not potable; poaching has diminished its reputation as one of the last great wildlife refuges; desertification; deforestation

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity,

       Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Nuclear Test

       Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 94

      signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea

      Geography - note: landlocked; almost the precise center of