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

force: 480,000

      Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 78%

      Unemployment rate: NA%

      Budget: revenues: $NA

      expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

      Industries: agricultural products processing, beer, soft drinks

      Industrial production growth rate: 2.6% (1997 est.)

      Electricity - production: 55 million kWh (1999)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%

      hydro: 0%

      nuclear: 0%

      other: 0% (1999)

      Electricity - consumption: 51.2 million kWh (1999)

      Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1999)

      Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (1999)

      Agriculture - products: rice, corn, beans, cassava (tapioca), cashew nuts, peanuts, palm kernels, cotton; timber; fish

      Exports: $80 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

      Exports - commodities: cashew nuts 70%, shrimp, peanuts, palm kernels, sawn lumber (1996)

      Exports - partners: India 59%, Singapore 12%, Italy 10% (1998)

      Imports: $55.2 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

      Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products (1996)

      Imports - partners: Portugal 26%, France 8%, Senegal 8%, Netherlands 7% (1998)

      Debt - external: $964 million (1998 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient: $115.4 million (1995)

      Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States; previously the Guinea-Bissau peso (GWP) was used

      Currency code: XOF; GWP

      Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 699.21 (January 2001), 711.98 (2000), 615.70 (1999), 589.95 (1998), 583.67 (1997); Guinea-Bissauan pesos per US dollar - 26,373 (1996)

      note: as of 1 May 1997, Guinea-Bissau adopted the CFA franc as the national currency; since 1 January 1999, the CFA franc is pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 CFA francs per euro

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      Guinea-Bissau Communications

      Telephones - main lines in use: 8,000 (1997)

      Telephones - mobile cellular: NA

      Telephone system: general assessment: small system

      domestic: combination of microwave radio relay, open-wire lines, radiotelephone, and cellular communications

      international: NA

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios: 49,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997)

      Televisions: NA

      Internet country code: .gw

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)

      Internet users: 1,500 (2000)

      Guinea-Bissau Transportation

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 4,400 km

      paved: 453 km

      unpaved: 3,947 km (1996)

      Waterways: several rivers are accessible to coastal shipping

      Ports and harbors: Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim

      Merchant marine: none (2000 est.)

      Airports: 29 (2000 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 3

      over 3,047 m: 1

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

      914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2000 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 26

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

      914 to 1,523 m: 4

      under 914 m: 21 (2000 est.)

      Guinea-Bissau Military

      Military branches: People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP; includes Army, Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary force

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49: 305,071 (2001 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15–49: 173,703 (2001 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $8 million (FY96)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 2.8% (FY96)

      Guinea-Bissau Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: none

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      @Guyana

      Guyana Introduction

      Background: Guyana achieved independence from the UK in 1966 and became a republic in 1970. In 1989 Guyana launched an Economic Recovery Program, which marked a dramatic reversal from a state-controlled, socialist economy towards a more open, free market system. Results through the first decade have proven encouraging.

      Guyana Geography

      Location: Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic

       Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela

      Geographic coordinates: 5 00 N, 59 00 W

      Map references: South America

      Area: total: 214,970 sq km

      land: 196,850 sq km

      water: 18,120 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Idaho

      Land boundaries: total: 2,462 km

      border countries: Brazil 1,119 km, Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km

      Coastline: 459 km

      Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200 NM or to the outer edge of the continental margin

      exclusive economic zone: 200 NM

      territorial sea: 12 NM

      Climate: tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to mid-August, mid-November to mid-January)

      Terrain: mostly rolling highlands; low coastal plain; savanna in south

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

      highest point: Mount Roraima 2,835 m

      Natural resources: bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish

      Land use: arable land: 2%

      permanent crops: 0%

      permanent pastures: 6%

      forests and woodland: 84%

      other: 8% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 1,300 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: flash floods are a constant threat during rainy seasons

      Environment - current issues: water pollution from sewage and agricultural and industrial chemicals; deforestation

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity,

       Climate Change, Desertification,