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

$262.2 million (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

       commodities:

       foodstuffs, manufactured goods

       partners:

       US, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, Netherlands Antilles, Japan

       External debt:

       $15 million (1986)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate NA%

       Electricity:

       capacity:

       74,000 kW

       production:

       256 million kWh

       consumption per capita:

       8,780 kWh (1992)

       Industries:

       tourism, banking, insurance and finance, construction, building

       materials, furniture making

       Agriculture:

       minor production of vegetables, fruit, livestock; turtle farming

       Illicit drugs:

       a major money-laundering center for illicit drug profits;

       transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for the US and

       Europe

       Economic aid:

       recipient:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70–89), $26.7 million; Western

       (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970–89), $35

       million

       Currency:

       1 Caymanian dollar (CI$) = 100 cents

       Exchange rates:

       Caymanian dollars (CI$) per US$1 - 0.85 (22 November 1993)

       Fiscal year:

       1 April - 31 March

      @Cayman Islands, Communications

      Highways:

       total:

       160 km (main roads)

       paved:

       NA

       unpaved:

       NA

       Ports:

       George Town, Cayman Brac

       Merchant marine:

       30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 368,037 GRT/581,060 DWT, bulk 9,

       cargo 8, chemical tanker 2, oil tanker 3, passenger-cargo 1,

       roll-on/roll-off cargo 7

       note:

       a flag of convenience registry

       Airports:

       total:

       3

       usable:

       3

       with permanent-surface runways:

       2

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       0

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       0

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       2

       Telecommunications:

       35,000 telephones; telephone system uses 1 submarine coaxial cable and

       1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station to link islands and access

       international services; broadcast stations - 2 AM, 1 FM, no TV

      @Cayman Islands, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Royal Cayman Islands Police Force (RCIPF)

       Note:

       defense is the responsibility of the UK

      @Central African Republic, Geography

      Location:

       Central Africa, between Chad and Zaire

       Map references:

       Africa, Standard Time Zones of the World

       Area:

       total area:

       622,980 sq km

       land area:

       622,980 sq km

       comparative area:

       slightly smaller than Texas

       Land boundaries:

       total 5,203 km, Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Congo 467 km, Sudan

       1,165 km, Zaire 1,577 km

       Coastline:

       0 km (landlocked)

       Maritime claims:

       none; landlocked

       International disputes:

       none

       Climate:

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

       Terrain:

       vast, flat to rolling, monotonous plateau; scattered hills in

       northeast and southwest

       Natural resources:

       diamonds, uranium, timber, gold, oil

       Land use:

       arable land:

       3%

       permanent crops:

       0%

       meadows and pastures:

       5%

       forest and woodland:

       64%

       other:

       28%

       Irrigated land:

       NA sq km

       Environment:

       current issues:

       poaching has diminished reputation as one of last great wildlife

       refuges; desertification

       natural hazards:

       hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds affect northern areas

       international agreements:

       party to - Endangered Species, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer

       Protection; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change,

       Law of the Sea

       Note:

       landlocked; almost the precise center of Africa

       Population:

       3,142,182 (July 1994 est.)

       Population growth rate:

       2.16% (1994 est.)

       Birth rate:

       42.3 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Death rate:

       20.69 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Net migration rate:

       0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Infant mortality rate:

       137.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       total population:

       42.54 years

       male:

       41.07 years

       female:

       44.06 years (1994 est.)

       Total fertility rate:

       5.42 children born/woman (1994 est.)

       Nationality:

       noun: