The 1994 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Mariel, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba; 7

       secondary, 35 minor

       Merchant marine:

       64 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 444,038 GRT/627,741 DWT, bulk 2,

       cargo 36, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 4, oil tanker 10, passenger

       cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 10

       note:

       Cuba beneficially owns an additional 34 ships (1,000 GRT and over)

       totaling 529,090 DWT under the registry of Panama, Cyprus, and Malta

       Airports:

       total:

       187

       usable:

       167

       with permanent-surface runways:

       73

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       3

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       12

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       19

       Telecommunications:

       among the world's least developed telephone systems; 229,000

       telephones; telephone density - 20.7 per 1,000 persons; broadcast

       stations - 150 AM, 5 FM, 58 TV; 1,530,000 TVs; 2,140,000 radios; 1

       Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

      @Cuba, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) - including ground forces,

       Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR),

       Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), Youth Labor Army (EJT), and Interior

       Ministry Border Guard Troops

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 3,064,898; females age 15–49 3,088,810; males fit for

       military service 1,907,396; females fit for military service

       1,927,306; males reach military age (17) annually 81,536 (1994 est.);

       females reach military age (17) annually 78,612 (1994 est.)

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - approx. $600 million, 4% of GSP (gross

       social product) in 1993 was for defense

       Note:

       Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of Cuba,

       cut off military aid by 1993

      @Cyprus, Geography

      Location:

       Middle East, in the eastern Mediterreanean Sea, 97 km west of Syria

       and 64 km west of Turkey

       Map references:

       Africa, Middle East, Standard Time Zones of the World

       Area:

       total area:

       9,250 sq km

       land area:

       9,240 sq km

       comparative area:

       about 0.7 times the size of Connecticut

       Land boundaries:

       0 km

       Coastline:

       648 km

       Maritime claims:

       continental shelf:

       200-m depth or to depth of exploitation

       territorial sea:

       12 nm

       International disputes:

       1974 hostilities divided the island into two de facto autonomous

       areas, a Greek area controlled by the Cypriot Government (60% of the

       island's land area) and a Turkish-Cypriot area (35% of the island),

       that are separated by a narrow UN buffer zone; in addition, there are

       two UK sovereign base areas (about 5% of the island's land area)

       Climate:

       temperate, Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters

       Terrain:

       central plain with mountains to north and south

       Natural resources:

       copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay earth

       pigment

       Land use:

       arable land:

       40%

       permanent crops:

       7%

       meadows and pastures:

       10%

       forest and woodland:

       18%

       other:

       25%

       Irrigated land:

       350 sq km (1989)

       Environment:

       current issues:

       water resource problems (no natural reservoir catchments, seasonal

       disparity in rainfall, and most potable resources concentrated in the

       Turkish Cypriot area); water pollution from sewage and industrial

       wastes; coastal degradation; loss of wildlife habitats from

       urbanization

       natural hazards:

       moderate earthquake activity

       international agreements:

       party to - Air Pollution, Endangered Species, Environmental

       Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping,

       Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution; signed, but

       not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change

      @Cyprus, People

      Population: 730,084 (July 1994 est.) Population growth rate: 0.91% (1994 est.) Birth rate: 16.69 births/1,000 population (1994 est.) Death rate: 7.61 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.) Infant mortality rate: 9 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.22 years male: 73.97 years female: 78.58 years (1994 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.32 children born/woman (1994 est.) Nationality: noun: Cypriot(s) adjective: Cypriot Ethnic divisions: Greek 78%, Turkish 18%, other 4% Religions: Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian, Apostolic, and other 4% Languages: Greek, Turkish, English Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1987 est.) total population: 94% male: 98% female: 91% Labor force: Greek area: 285,500 by occupation: services 57%, industry 29%, agriculture 14% (1992) Turkish area: 75,000 by occupation: services 52%, industry 22%, agriculture 26% (1992)

      @Cyprus, Government

      Names: conventional long form: Republic of Cyprus conventional short form: Cyprus Digraph: CY Type: republic note: a disaggregation of the two ethnic communities inhabiting the island began after the outbreak of communal strife in 1963; this separation was further solidified following the Turkish invasion of the island in July 1974, which gave the Turkish Cypriots de facto control in the north; Greek Cypriots control the only internationally recognized government; on 15 November 1983 Turkish Cypriot President Rauf DENKTASH declared independence and the formation of a "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (TRNC), which has been recognized only by Turkey; both sides publicly call for the resolution of intercommunal differences and creation of a new federal system of government Capital: Nicosia Administrative divisions: 6 districts; Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol,