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

ore, diamonds

      Exports - partners: Togo, UK, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, US,

       France (1998)

      Imports: $2.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

      Imports - commodities: capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs

      Imports - partners: UK, Nigeria, US, Germany, Italy, Spain (1998)

      Debt - external: $7 billion (1999 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient: $477.3 million (1995)

      Currency: cedi (GHC)

      Currency code: GHC

      Exchange rates: cedis per US dollar - 6,895.77 (January 2001), 5,321.68 (2000), 2,647.32 (1999), 2,314.15 (1998), 2,050.17 (1997), 1,637.23 (1996)

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      Ghana Communications

      Telephones - main lines in use: 200,000 (1998)

      Telephones - mobile cellular: 30,000 (yearend 1998)

      Telephone system: general assessment: poor to fair system; Internet accessible; many rural communities not yet connected; expansion of services is underway

      domestic: primarily microwave radio relay; wireless local loop has been installed

      international: satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay link to Panaftel system connects Ghana to its neighbors

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 18, shortwave 3 (1999)

      Radios: 4.4 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations: 11 (1999)

      Televisions: 1.73 million (1997)

      Internet country code: .gh

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)

      Internet users: 20,000 (2000)

      Ghana Transportation

      Railways: total: 953 km (undergoing major rehabilitation)

      narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (32 km double track) (1997 est.)

      Highways: total: 39,409 km

      paved: 11,653 km (including 30 km of expressways)

      unpaved: 27,756 km (1997)

      Waterways: 1,293 km

      note: Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers provide 168 km of perennial navigation for launches and lighters; Lake Volta provides 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways

      Pipelines: 0 km

      Ports and harbors: Takoradi, Tema

      Merchant marine: total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 13,484

       GRT/18,583 DWT

      ships by type: petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 4 (2000 est.)

      Airports: 12 (2000 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 6

      2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

      914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2000 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 6

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

      914 to 1,523 m: 3

      under 914 m: 2 (2000 est.)

      Ghana Military

      Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police Force,

       Palace Guard, Civil Defense

      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49: 4,890,483 (2001 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15–49: 2,713,584 (2001 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 213,237 (2001 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $53 million (FY99)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 0.7% (FY99)

      Ghana Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: none

      Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; transit hub for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and South American cocaine destined for Europe and the US

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      @Gibraltar

      Gibraltar Introduction

      Background: Strategically important, Gibraltar was ceded to Great Britain by Spain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht; the British garrison was formally declared a colony in 1830. In a 1967 referendum, Gibraltarians ignored Spanish pressure and voted overwhelmingly to remain a British dependency.

      Gibraltar Geography

      Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the Strait of Gibraltar, which links the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southern coast of Spain

      Geographic coordinates: 36 11 N, 5 22 W

      Map references: Europe

      Area: total: 6.5 sq km

      land: 6.5 sq km

      water: 0 sq km

      Area - comparative: about 11 times the size of The Mall in

       Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: total: 1.2 km

      border countries: Spain 1.2 km

      Coastline: 12 km

      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 3 NM

      Climate: Mediterranean with mild winters and warm summers

      Terrain: a narrow coastal lowland borders the Rock of Gibraltar

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m

      highest point: Rock of Gibraltar 426 m

      Natural resources: NEGL

      Land use: arable land: 0%

      permanent crops: 0%

      permanent pastures: 0%

      forests and woodland: 0%

      other: 100% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Natural hazards: NA

      Environment - current issues: limited natural freshwater resources; large concrete or natural rock water catchments collect rainwater

      Geography - note: strategic location on Strait of Gibraltar that links the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

      Gibraltar People

      Population: 27,649 (July 2001 est.)

      Age structure: 0–14 years: 18.73% (male 2,652; female 2,528)

      15–64 years: 66.33% (male 9,473; female 8,866)

      65 years and over: 14.94% (male 1,733; female 2,397) (2001 est.)

      Population growth rate: 0.24% (2001 est.)

      Birth rate: 11.25 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

      Death rate: 8.82 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

      Net migration rate: NEGL migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

      under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

      15–64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female