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

of GDP

       Electricity:

       capacity:

       1,600,000 kW

       production:

       4.7 billion kWh

       consumption per capita:

       8,500 kWh (1992)

       Industries:

       petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, offshore

       banking, ship repairing

       Agriculture:

       including fishing, accounts for less than 2% of GDP; not

       self-sufficient in food production; heavily subsidized sector produces

       fruit, vegetables, poultry, dairy products, shrimp, fish

       Economic aid:

       recipient:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70–79), $24 million; Western

       (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970–89), $45

       million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979–89), $9.8 billion

       Currency:

       1 Bahraini dinar (BD) = 1,000 fils

       Exchange rates:

       Bahraini dinars (BD) per US$1 - 0.3760 (fixed rate)

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      @Bahrain, Communications

      Highways:

       total:

       NA

       paved:

       bituminous 200 km

       unpaved:

       NA

       Pipelines:

       crude oil 56 km; petroleum products 16 km; natural gas 32 km

       Ports:

       Mina' Salman, Manama, Sitrah

       Merchant marine:

       6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 101,844 GRT/143,997 DWT, bulk 1,

       cargo 4, container 1

       Airports:

       total:

       3

       usable:

       3

       with permanent-surface runways:

       2

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       2

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       0

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       1

       Telecommunications:

       modern system; good domestic services; 98,000 telephones (1 for every

       6 persons); excellent international connections; tropospheric scatter

       to Qatar, UAE; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; submarine cable

       to Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 1 Atlantic

       Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT, 1 ARABSAT; broadcast stations

       - 2 AM, 3 FM, 2 TV

      @Bahrain, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense, Police Force

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 198,414; fit for military service 109,431; reach

       military age (15) annually 5,093 (1994 est.)

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $245 million, 6% of GDP (1993)

      @Baker Island

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      Affiliation: (territory of the US)

      @Baker Island, Geography

      Location:

       Oceania, Micronesia, in the North Pacific Ocean, just north of the

       Equator, 2,575 km southwest of Honolulu, about halfway between Hawaii

       and Australia

       Map references:

       Oceania

       Area:

       total area:

       1.4 sq km

       land area:

       1.4 sq km

       comparative area:

       about 2.3 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

       Land boundaries:

       0 km

       Coastline:

       4.8 km

       Maritime claims:

       contiguous zone:

       12 nm

       continental shelf:

       200-m depth or to depth of exploitation

       exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       territorial sea:

       12 nm

       International disputes:

       none

       mate:

       equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun

       rain:

       low, nearly level coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef

       ural resources:

       guano (deposits worked until 1891)

       Land use:

       arable land:

       0%

       permanent crops:

       0%

       meadows and pastures:

       0%

       forest and woodland:

       0%

       other:

       100%

       Irrigated land:

       0 sq km

       Environment:

       current issues:

       lacks fresh water

       natural hazards:

       NA

       international agreements:

       NA

       Note:

       treeless, sparse, and scattered vegetation consisting of grasses,

       prostrate vines, and low growing shrubs; primarily a nesting,

       roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine

       wildlife

      @Baker Island, People

      Population:

       uninhabited; note - American civilians evacuated in 1942 after

       Japanese air and naval attacks during World War II; occupied by US

       military during World War II, but abandoned after the war; public

       entry is by special-use permit only and generally restricted to

       scientists and educators; a cemetery and cemetery ruins are located

       near the middle of the west coast

      @Baker Island, Government

      Names:

       conventional long form:

       none

       conventional short form:

       Baker Island

       Digraph: