The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

partners:

       Australia

       Imports:

       $NA

       commodities:

       foodstuffs

       partners:

       Australia

       External debt:

       $NA

       Industrial production:

       growth rate NA%

       Electricity:

       1,000 kW capacity; 2 million kWh produced, 2,980 kWh per capita (1990)

       Industries:

       copra products

       Agriculture:

       gardens provide vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts

       Economic aid:

       none

       Currency:

       Australian dollar (plural - dollars); 1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents

       Exchange rates:

       Australian dollars ($A) per US$1 - 1.3360 (January 1992), 1.2836 (1991),

       1.2799 (1990), 1.2618 (1989), 1.2752 (1988), 1.4267 (1987)

       Fiscal year:

       1 July - 30 June

      :Cocos Islands Communications

      Ports:

       none; lagoon anchorage only

       Airports:

       1 airfield with permanent-surface runway, 1,220-2,439 m; airport on West

       Island is a link in service between Australia and South Africa

       Telecommunications:

       250 radios (1985); linked by telephone, telex, and facsimile communications

       via satellite with Australia; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, no TV

      :Cocos Islands Defense Forces

      Note: defense is the responsibility of Australia

      :Colombia Geography

      Total area:

       1,138,910 km2

       Land area:

       1,038,700 km2; includes Isla de Malpelo, Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank, and

       Serranilla Bank

       Comparative area:

       slightly less than three times the size of Montana

       Land boundaries:

       7,408 km; Brazil 1,643 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 225 km, Peru 2,900,

       Venezuela 2,050 km

       Coastline:

       3,208 km; Caribbean Sea 1,760 km, North Pacific Ocean 1,448 km

       Maritime claims:

       Continental shelf:

       not specified

       Exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       Disputes:

       maritime boundary dispute with Venezuela in the Gulf of Venezuela;

       territorial dispute with Nicaragua over Archipelago de San Andres y

       Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank

       Climate:

       tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands

       Terrain:

       flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, high Andes mountains, eastern

       lowland plains

       Natural resources:

       crude oil, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds

       Land use:

       arable land 4%; permanent crops 2%; meadows and pastures 29%; forest and

       woodland 49%; other 16%; includes irrigated NEGL%

       Environment:

       highlands subject to volcanic eruptions; deforestation; soil damage from

       overuse of pesticides; periodic droughts

       Note:

       only South American country with coastlines on both North Pacific Ocean and

       Caribbean Sea

      :Colombia People

      Population:

       34,296,941 (July 1992), growth rate 1.9% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       24 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       5 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       31 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       69 years male, 74 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       2.6 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Colombian(s); adjective - Colombian

       Ethnic divisions:

       mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Indian 3%, Indian

       1%

       Religions:

       Roman Catholic 95%

       Languages:

       Spanish

       Literacy:

       87% (male 88%, female 86%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

       Labor force:

       12,000,000 (1990); services 46%, agriculture 30%, industry 24% (1990)

       Organized labor:

       984,000 members (1989), about 8.2% of labor force; the Communist-backed

       Unitary Workers Central or CUT is the largest labor organization, with about

       725,000 members (including all affiliate unions)

      :Colombia Government

      Long-form name:

       Republic of Colombia

       Type:

       republic; executive branch dominates government structure

       Capital:

       Bogota

       Administrative divisions:

       23 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento), 5 commissariats*

       (comisarias, singular - comisaria), and 4 intendancies** (intendencias,

       singular - intendencia); Amazonas*, Antioquia, Arauca**, Atlantico, Bolivar,

       Boyaca, Caldas, Caqueta, Casanare**, Cauca, Cesar, Choco, Cordoba,

       Cundinamarca, Guainia*, Guaviare*, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta,

       Narino, Norte de Santander, Putumayo**, Quindio, Risaralda, San Andres y

       Providencia**, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupes*, Vichada*;

       note - there may be a new special district (distrito especial) named Bogota;

       the Constitution of 5 July 1991 states that the commissariats and

       intendancies are to become full departments and a capital district (distrito

       capital) of Santa Fe de Bogota is to be established by 1997

       Independence:

       20 July 1810 (from Spain)