Chapter V (16)

External debt: $318 million (1987)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA

Currency: 1 Gibraltar pound (LG) = 100 pence

Exchange rates: Gibraltar pounds (LG) per US$1 - 0.6535 (January
1996), 0.6335 (1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658 (1993), 0.5664 (1992),
0.5652 (1991); note - the Gibraltar pound is at par with the British
pound

Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

Transportation --------------

Railways:
total: NA km; 1.000-m gauge system in dockyard area only

Highways:
total: 49.9 km (including 12.9 km public highways)
paved: 49.9 km
unpaved: 0 km

Pipelines: none

Ports: Gibraltar

Merchant marine:
total: 19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 357,730 GRT/635,769 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 3, chemical tanker 1, container 1, oil
tanker 13 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications --------------

Telephones: 19,529 (1993 est.)

Telephone system: adequate, automatic domestic system and adequate
international facilities
domestic: automatic exchange facilities
international: radiotelephone; microwave radio relay; satellite
earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 0

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 4

Televisions: NA

Defense -------

Branches: British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force

Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the UK

======================================================================

@Glorioso Islands ----------------

(possession of France)

Map ---

Location: 11 30 S, 47 20 E -- Southern Africa, group of islands in
the Indian Ocean, northwest of Madagascar

Flag ----

Description: the flag of France is used

Geography ---------

Location: Southern Africa, group of islands in the Indian Ocean,
northwest of Madagascar

Geographic coordinates: 11 30 S, 47 20 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 5 sq km
land area: 5 sq km
comparative area: about eight times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC
note: includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock,
and South Rock

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 35.2 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: claimed by Madagascar

Climate: tropical

Terrain: NA
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 12 m

Natural resources: guano, coconuts

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 0%
other: 100% (all lush vegetation and coconut palms)

Irrigated land: 0 sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: periodic cyclones
international agreements: NA

People ------

Population: uninhabited

Government ----------

Name of country:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Glorioso Islands
local long form: none
local short form: Iles Glorieuses

Data code: GO

Type of government: French possession administered by Commissioner
of the Republic, resident in Reunion

Capital: none; administered by France from Reunion

Independence: none (possession of France)

Flag: the flag of France is used

Economy -------

Economic overview: no economic activity

Transportation --------------

Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

Airports:
total: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Defense -------

Defense note: defense is the responsibility of France

======================================================================

@Greece ------

Map ---

Location: 39 00 N, 22 00 E -- Southern Europe, bordering the
Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania
and Turkey

Flag ----

Description: nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating
with white; there is a blue square in the upper hoist-side corner
bearing a white cross; the cross symbolizes Greek Orthodoxy, the
established religion of the country

Geography ---------

Location: Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea,
and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey

Geographic coordinates: 39 00 N, 22 00 E

Map references: Europe

Area:
total area: 131,940 sq km
land area: 130,800 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Alabama

Land boundaries:
total: 1,210 km
border countries: Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km,
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 228 km

Coastline: 13,676 km

Maritime claims:
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
territorial sea: 6 nm

International disputes: complex maritime, air, and territorial
disputes with Turkey in Aegean Sea; Cyprus question; dispute with
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over name; border
demarcation with Albania, the treatment of Albania's ethnic Greek
minority, and migrant Albanian workers in Greece remain unresolved
issues

Climate: temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers

Terrain: mostly mountains with ranges extending into sea as
peninsulas or chains of islands
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m

Natural resources: bauxite, lignite, magnesite, petroleum, marble

Land use:
arable land: 23%
permanent crops: 8%
meadows and pastures: 40%
forest and woodland: 20%
other: 9%

Irrigated land: 11,900 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:
current issues: air pollution; water pollution
natural hazards: severe earthquakes
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution,
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,
Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban,
Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,
Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides,
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds,
Desertification

Geographic note: strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and
southern approach to Turkish Straits; a peninsular country,
possessing an archipelago of about 2,000 islands

People ------

Population: 10,538,594 (July 1996 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 16% (male 899,029; female 837,308)
15-64 years: 68% (male 3,571,918; female 3,542,556)
65 years and over: 16% (male 736,818; female 950,965) (July 1996
est.)

Population growth rate: 0.42% (1996 est.)

Birth rate: 9.78 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Death rate: 9.53 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Net migration rate: 3.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
all ages: 0.98 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 7.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 78.1 years
male: 75.6 years
female: 80.78 years (1996 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.37 children born/woman (1996 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Greek(s)
adjective: Greek

Ethnic divisions: Greek 98%, other 2% note: the Greek Government states there are no ethnic divisions in ======================================================================

@Greenland ---------

(part of the Danish realm)

Map ---

Location: 72 00 N, 40 00 W -- Northern North America, island
between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of
Canada

Flag ----

Description: two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red
with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of center - the top
half of the disk is red, the bottom half is white

Geography ---------

Location: Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean
and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada

Geographic coordinates: 72 00 N, 40 00 W

Map references: Arctic Region

Area:
total area: 2,175,600 sq km
land area: 383,600 sq km (ice free)
comparative area: slightly more than three times the size of Texas

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 44,087 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 3 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters

Terrain: flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow,
mountainous, barren, rocky coast
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m

Natural resources: zinc, lead, iron ore, coal, molybdenum,
cryolite, uranium, fish

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 1%
forest and woodland: 0%
other: 99%

Irrigated land: 0 sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of
the island
international agreements: NA

Geographic note: dominates North Atlantic Ocean between North
America and Europe; sparse population confined to small settlements
along coast

People ------

Population: 58,203 (July 1996 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 27% (male 7,871; female 7,723)
15-64 years: 68% (male 21,755; female 17,961)
65 years and over: 5% (male 1,307; female 1,586) (July 1996 est.)

Population growth rate: 1% (1996 est.)

Birth rate: 17.06 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Death rate: 7.11 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.21 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
all ages: 1.13 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 23.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 68.24 years
male: 63.97 years
female: 72.53 years (1996 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.22 children born/woman (1996 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Greenlander(s)
adjective: Greenlandic

Ethnic divisions: Greenlander 86% (Eskimos and Greenland-born
whites), Danish 14%

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran

Languages: Eskimo dialects, Danish

Literacy: NA

Government ----------

Name of country:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Greenland
local long form: none
local short form: Kalaallit Nunaat

Data code: GL

Type of government: part of the Danish realm; self-governing
overseas administrative division

Capital: Nuuk (Godthab)

Administrative divisions: 3 municipalities (kommuner, singular -
kommun); Nordgronland, Ostgronland, Vestgronland

Independence: none (part of the Danish realm; self-governing
overseas administrative division)

National holiday: Birthday of the Queen, 16 April (1940)

Constitution: 5 June 1953 (Danish constitution)

Legal system: Danish

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch:
chief of state: Queen MARGRETHE II (of Denmark since 14 January
1972), a constitutional monarch, is represented by High Commissioner
Steen SPORE (since NA 1993)
head of government: Prime Minister Lars Emil JOHANSEN (since 15
March 1991) was elected by the Landsting
cabinet: Landsstyre is formed from the Landsting on basis of
strength of parties

Legislative branch: unicameral
Parliament (Landsting): election last held on 4 March 1995 (next to
be held NA 5 March 1999); results - Siumut 38.5%, Inuit Ataqatigiit
20.3%, Atassut Party 29.7%; seats - (31 total) Siumut 12, Atassut
Party 10, Inuit Ataqatigiit 6, conservative splinter grouping 2,
independent 1
Danish Folketing: election last held on 21 September 1994 (next to
be held by NA September 1998); Greenland elects two representatives
to the Folketing; results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (2
total) Liberals 1, Social Democrats 1; note - Greenlandic
representatives are affiliated with Danish political parties

Judicial branch: High Court (Landsret)

Political parties and leaders: two-party ruling coalition; Siumut
(Forward Party, a moderate socialist party that advocates more
distinct Greenlandic identity and greater autonomy from Denmark),
Lars Emil JOHANSEN, chairman; Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) (Eskimo
Brotherhood, a Marxist-Leninist party that favors complete
independence from Denmark rather than home rule), Josef MOTZFELDT;
Atassut Party (Solidarity, a more conservative party that favors
continuing close relations with Denmark), Daniel SKIFTE; Akulliit
Party, Bjarne KREUTZMANN; Issituup (Polar Party), Nicolai HEINRICH

Diplomatic representation in US: none (self-governing overseas
administrative division of Denmark)

US diplomatic representation: none (self-governing overseas
administrative division of Denmark)

Flag: two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a
large disk slightly to the hoist side of center - the top half of
the disk is red, the bottom half is white

Economy -------

Economic overview: Greenland's economic situation at present is
difficult. Unemployment is increasing, and prospects for economic
growth in the immediate future are dim. Following the closing of the
Black Angel lead and zinc mine in 1989, Greenland became almost
completely dependent on fishing and fish processing, the sector
accounting for 95% of exports. Prospects for fisheries are not
bright, as the important shrimp catches will at best stabilize and
cod catches have dropped. Resumption of mining and hydrocarbon
activities is not around the corner, thus leaving only tourism with
some potential for the near future. The public sector, i.e., the
central government and its commercial entities and the
municipalities, plays a dominant role in Greenland, accounting for
about two-thirds of total employment. About half the government's
revenues come from grants from the Danish Government, an important
supplement of GDP.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $892 million (1995 est.)

GDP real growth rate: NA%

GDP per capita: $15,500 (1995 est.)

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.3% (1993 est.)

Labor force: 22,800

Unemployment rate: 6.6% (1993 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $667 million
expenditures: $635 million, including capital expenditures of $103.8
million (1993 est.)

Industries: fish processing (mainly shrimp), lead, zinc,
handicrafts, small shipyards

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity:
capacity: 84,000 kW
production: 210 million kWh
consumption per capita: 3,361 kWh (1993)

Agriculture: forage crops, small garden vegetables; sheep; 1988
fish catch of 133,500 metric tons

Exports: $330.5 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)
commodities: fish and fish products 95%
partners: Denmark 79%, Benelux 9%, Germany 5%

Imports: $369.6 million (c.i.f., 1993 est.)
commodities: manufactured goods 28%, machinery and transport
equipment 24%, food and live animals 12.4%, petroleum products 12%
partners: Denmark 65%, Norway 8.8%, US 4.6%, Germany 3.8%, Japan
3.8%, Sweden 2.4%

External debt: $297.1 million (1993)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA
note: substantial annual subsidy from Denmark

Currency: 1 Danish krone (DKr) = 100 oere

Exchange rates: Danish kroner (DKr) per US$1 - 5.652 (January
1996), 5.602 (1995), 6.361 (1994), 6.484 (1993), 6.036 (1992), 6.396
(1991)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation --------------

Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 150 km
paved: 60 km
unpaved: 90 km

Ports: Faeringehavn, Frederikshaab, Holsteinsborg, Nanortalik,
Narsaq, Nuuk (Godthaab), Sondre Stromfjord

Merchant marine:
total: 1 short-sea passenger (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,162
GRT/610 DWT (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 8
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 1
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2 (1995 est.)

Communications --------------

Telephones: 17,900 (1984 est.)

Telephone system: adequate domestic and international service
provided by cables and microwave radio relay
domestic: microwave radio relay
international: 2 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth station -
1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 7 (repeaters 35), shortwave 0

Radios: 23,000 (1991 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 4 (repeaters 9)

Televisions: 12,000 (1991 est.)

Defense -------

Defense note: defense is the responsibility of Denmark

======================================================================

@Grenada -------

Map ---

Location: 12 07 N, 61 40 W -- Caribbean, island in the Caribbean
Sea, north of Trinidad and Tobago

Flag ----

Description: a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles
(top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side)
with a red border around the flag; there are seven yellow
five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border, three
centered in the bottom red border, and one on a red disk
superimposed at the center of the flag; there is also a symbolic
nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is the world's
second-largest producer of nutmeg, after Indonesia); the seven stars
represent the seven administrative divisions

Geography ---------

Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of
Trinidad and Tobago

Geographic coordinates: 12 07 N, 61 40 W

Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total area: 340 sq km
land area: 340 sq km
comparative area: twice the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 121 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds

Terrain: volcanic in origin with central mountains
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m

Natural resources: timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors

Land use:
arable land: 15%
permanent crops: 26%
meadows and pastures: 3%
forest and woodland: 9%
other: 47%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season
lasts from June to November
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling

Geographic note: the administration of the islands of the
Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
and Grenada

People ------

Population: 94,961 (July 1996 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 43% (male 20,975; female 20,246)
15-64 years: 52% (male 26,089; female 23,068)
65 years and over: 5% (male 2,112; female 2,471) (July 1996 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.55% (1996 est.)

Birth rate: 29.13 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Death rate: 5.74 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Net migration rate: -17.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.13 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
all ages: 1.07 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 11.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.89 years
male: 68.39 years
female: 73.44 years (1996 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.78 children born/woman (1996 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Grenadian(s)
adjective: Grenadian

Ethnic divisions: black African

Religions: Roman Catholic, Anglican, other Protestant sects

Languages: English (official), French patois

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 98%

Government ----------

Name of country:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Grenada

Data code: GJ

Type of government: parliamentary democracy

Capital: Saint George's

Administrative divisions: 6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou
and Petit Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George,
Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick

Independence: 7 February 1974 (from UK)

National holiday: Independence Day, 7 February (1974)

Constitution: 19 December 1973

Legal system: based on English common law

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch:
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), a
hereditary monarch, is represented by Governor General Reginald
Oswald PALMER (since 6 August 1992)
head of government: Prime Minister Keith MITCHELL (since 22 June
1995) was appointed from members of the House of Assembly by the
governor general
cabinet: Cabinet was appointed by the governor general on advice of
the prime minister

Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament
Senate: consists of a 13-member body, 10 appointed by the government
and three by the leader of the opposition
House of Representatives: elections last held on 20 June 1995 (next
to be held by NA October 2000); results - percent of vote by party
NA; seats - (15 total) NDC 5, GULP 2, NNP 8

Judicial branch: West Indies Associate States Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders: National Democratic Congress (NDC),
George BRIZAN; Grenada United Labor Party (GULP), Sir Eric GAIRY;
The National Party (TNP), Ben JONES; New National Party (NNP), Keith
MITCHELL; Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement (MBPM), Terrence
MARRYSHOW; New Democratic Party (NDP), James MITCHELL; Unity Labor
Party (ULP), Vincent BEACHE

International organization participation: ACP, C, Caricom, CDB,
ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, LAES, NAM, OAS,
OECS, OPANAL, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WToO

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Denneth MODESTE
chancery: 1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 265-2561

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: the ambassador to Barbados is accredited to
Grenada; Charge d'Affaires Dennis CARTER
embassy: Point Salines, Saint George's
mailing address: P. O. Box 54, Saint George's, Grenada, W.I.
telephone: [1] (809) 444-1173 through 1178
FAX: [1] (809) 444-4820

Flag: a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top
and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side) with a
red border around the flag; there are seven yellow five-pointed
stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in
the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the
center of the flag; there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the
hoist-side triangle (Grenada is the world's second-largest producer
of nutmeg, after Indonesia); the seven stars represent the seven
administrative divisions

Economy -------

Economic overview: The economy is essentially agricultural and
centers on the traditional production of spices and tropical plants.
Agriculture accounts for about 10% of GDP and 80% of exports and
employs 24% of the labor force. Tourism is the leading foreign
exchange earner, followed by agricultural exports. Manufacturing
remains relatively undeveloped, but is growing due to a favorable
private investment climate since 1983. The economy achieved an
impressive average annual growth rate of 5.5% in 1986-91 but has
slowed since 1992. The new MITCHELL government has moved forward
with a plan to eliminate personal income tax in the hope of spurring
domestic consumption.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $284 million (1995 est.)

GDP real growth rate: 3% (1995 est.)

GDP per capita: $3,000 (1995 est.)

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: 10.2%
industry: 40.3%
services: 49.5% (1994 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% (1995 est.)

Labor force: 36,000
by occupation: services 31%, agriculture 24%, construction 8%,
manufacturing 5%, other 32% (1985)

Unemployment rate: 14% (1995 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $75.7 million (1996 est.)
expenditures: $126.7 million, including capital expenditures of $51
million (1996 est.)

Industries: food and beverages, textiles, light assembly
operations, tourism, construction

Industrial production growth rate: 1.8% (1992 est.)

Electricity:
capacity: 12,500 kW
production: 60 million kWh
consumption per capita: 639 kWh (1993)

Agriculture: bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root
crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables

Illicit drugs: produces and exports marijuana for US markets

Exports: $24.2 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities: bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing,
mace
partners: Caricom 32.3%, UK 20%, US 13%, Netherlands 8.8% (1991)

Imports: $162.2 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities: food 25%, manufactured goods 22%, machinery 20%,
chemicals 10%, fuel 6% (1989)
partners: US 31.2%, Caricom 23.6%, UK 13.8%, Japan 7.1% (1991)

External debt: $89.1 million (1995 est.)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA

Currency: 1 EC dollar (EC$) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1 - 2.70
(fixed rate since 1976)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation --------------

Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 994 km
paved: 597 km
unpaved: 397 km (1988 est.)

Ports: Grenville, Saint George's

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 3
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications --------------

Telephones: 5,650 (1988 est.)

Telephone system: automatic, islandwide telephone system
domestic: interisland VHF and UHF radiotelephone links
international: new SHF radiotelephone links to Trinidad and Tobago
and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to Trinidad

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: 80,000 (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 1 (1988 est.)

Televisions: 30,000 (1993 est.)

Defense -------

Branches: Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast Guard

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: NA
males fit for military service: NA

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

======================================================================

@Guadeloupe ----------

(overseas department of France)

Map ---

Location: 16 15 N, 61 35 W -- Caribbean, islands in the eastern
Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico

Flag ----

Description: three horizontal bands, a narrow green band (top), a
wide red band, and a narrow green band; the green bands are
separated from the red band by two narrow white stripes; a
five-pointed gold star is centered in the red band toward the hoist
side; the flag of France is used for official occasions

Geography ---------

Location: Caribbean, islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea,
southeast of Puerto Rico

Geographic coordinates: 16 15 N, 61 35 W

Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total area: 1,780 sq km
land area: 1,706 sq km
comparative area: 10 times the size of Washington, DC
note: Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands, of
which Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, and Marie-Galante are the three
largest

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 306 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high
humidity

Terrain: Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior
mountains; Grand-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven
other islands are volcanic in origin
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Soufriere 1,467 m

Natural resources: cultivable land, beaches and climate that
foster tourism

Land use:
arable land: 18%
permanent crops: 5%
meadows and pastures: 13%
forest and woodland: 40%
other: 24%

Irrigated land: 30 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: hurricanes (June to October); La Soufriere is an
active volcano
international agreements: NA

People ------

Population: 407,768 (July 1996 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 26% (male 53,118; female 51,219)
15-64 years: 66% (male 132,846; female 136,147)
65 years and over: 8% (male 14,617; female 19,821) (July 1996 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.2% (1996 est.)

Birth rate: 17.78 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Death rate: 5.59 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
all ages: 0.97 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 8.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.4 years
male: 74.37 years
female: 80.58 years (1996 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.92 children born/woman (1996 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Guadeloupian(s)
adjective: Guadeloupe

Ethnic divisions: black or mulatto 90%, white 5%, East Indian,
Lebanese, Chinese less than 5%

Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%,
Protestant sects 1%

Languages: French (official) 99%, Creole patois

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1982 est.)
total population: 90%
male: 90%
female: 90%

Government ----------

Name of country:
conventional long form: Department of Guadeloupe
conventional short form: Guadeloupe
local long form: Departement de la Guadeloupe
local short form: Guadeloupe

Data code: GP

Type of government: overseas department of France

Capital: Basse-Terre

Administrative divisions: none (overseas department of France)

Independence: none (overseas department of France)

National holiday: National Day, Taking of the Bastille, 14 July
(1789)

Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)

Legal system: French legal system

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch:
chief of state: President (of France) Jacques CHIRAC (since 17 May
1995), represented by Prefect Michel DIEFENBACHER (since NA March
1995), who was appointed by the French Ministry of Interior
head of government: President of the General Council Dominique
LARIFLA (since NA); President of the Regional Council Lucette
MICHAUX-CHEVRY (since 22 March 1992)

Legislative branch: unicameral General Council and unicameral
Regional Council
General Council: elections last held 22 March 1992 (next to be held
by NA 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (43
total) FRUI.G 13, RPR/DUD 13, PPDG 8, FGPS 3, PCG 3, UPLG 1, PSG 1,
independent 1
Regional Council: elections last held 31 January 1994 (next to be
held by 16 March 1998); results - RPR/FGPS-dissadents 48.30%, FGPS
17.09%, FRUI.G 7.44%, PPDG 8.90%, UPLG 7.75% PCG 6.05%; seats - (41
total) RPR/FGPS-dissadents 22, FGPS/FRUI.G 9, PPDG 5, PCG 3, UPLG 2
French Senate: elections last held in September 1995 (next to be
held NA September 2004); Guadeloupe elects two representatives;
results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (2 total) PPDG 1,
FGPS 1
French National Assembly: elections last held on 21 and 28 March
1993 (next to be held NA March 1998); Guadeloupe elects four
representatives; results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (4
total) FGPS 1, RPR 1, PPDG 1, independent 1

Judicial branch: Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel) with jurisdiction
over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique

Political parties and leaders: Rally for the Republic (RPR),
Daniel BEAUBRUN; Communist Party of Guadeloupe (PCG), Christian
Medard CELESTE; Socialist Party (FGPS), Georges LOUISOR; Popular
Union for the Liberation of Guadeloupe (UPLG), Claude MAKOUKE; FGPS
Dissidents (FRUI.G), Dominique LARIFLA; Union for French Democracy
(UDF), Marcel ESDRAS; Progressive Democratic Party (PPDG), Henri
BANGOU

Other political or pressure groups: Movement for Independent
Guadeloupe (MPGI); General Union of Guadeloupe Workers (UGTG);
General Federation of Guadeloupe Workers (CGT-G); Christian Movement
for the Liberation of Guadeloupe (KLPG)

International organization participation: FZ, WCL, WFTU

Diplomatic representation in US: none (overseas department of
France)

US diplomatic representation: none (overseas department of France)

Flag: three horizontal bands, a narrow green band (top), a wide
red band, and a narrow green band; the green bands are separated
from the red band by two narrow white stripes; a five-pointed gold
star is centered in the red band toward the hoist side; the flag of
France is used for official occasions

Economy -------

Economic overview: The economy depends on agriculture, tourism,
light industry, and services. It is also dependent upon France for
large subsidies and imports. Tourism is a key industry, with most
tourists from the US. In addition, an increasingly large number of
cruise ships visit the islands. The traditionally important
sugarcane crop is slowly being replaced by other crops, such as
bananas (which now supply about 50% of export earnings), eggplant,
and flowers. Other vegetables and root crops are cultivated for
local consumption, although Guadeloupe is still dependent on
imported food, which comes mainly from France. Light industry
consists mostly of sugar and rum production. Most manufactured goods
and fuel are imported. Unemployment is especially high among the
young.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $3.7 billion (1995 est.)

GDP real growth rate: NA%

GDP per capita: $9,200 (1995 est.)

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: 6%
industry: 9%
services: 85% (1993 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.7% (1990)

Labor force: 129,700
by occupation: agriculture 15%, industry 20%, services 65% (1993)

Unemployment rate: 31.3% (1995)

Budget:
revenues: $395 million
expenditures: $407 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
(1995)

Industries: construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity:
capacity: 320,000 kW
production: 650 million kWh
consumption per capita: 1,421 kWh (1993)

Agriculture: bananas, sugarcane, tropical fruits and vegetables;
cattle, pigs, goats

Exports: $130 million (f.o.b., 1993)
commodities: bananas, sugar, rum
partners: France 70%, Martinique 17% (1991)

Imports: $1.4 billion (c.i.f., 1993)
commodities: foodstuffs, fuels, vehicles, clothing and other
consumer goods, construction materials
partners: France 60%, EC, US, Japan (1991)

External debt: $NA

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA
note: substantial annual French subsidies

Currency: 1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes

Exchange rates: French francs (F) per US$1 - 5.0056 (January
1996), 4.9915 (1995), 5.5520 (1994), 5.6632 (1993), 5.2938 (1992),
5.6421 (1991)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation --------------

Railways:
total: NA km; privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines

Highways:
total: 2,082 km (national 329 km, regional 582 km, community/local
1171 km)
paved: 1,742 km
unpaved: 340 km (1985 est.)

Ports: Basse-Terre, Gustavia, Marigot, Pointe-a-Pitre

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 9
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 6 (1995 est.)

Communications --------------

Telephones: 64,916 (1984 est.)

Telephone system: domestic facilities inadequate
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean); microwave radio relay to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, and
Martinique

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 8 (private stations licensed to
broadcast FM 30), shortwave 0

Radios: 100,000 (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 9

Televisions: 150,000 (1993 est.)

Defense -------

Branches: French Forces, Gendarmerie

Defense note: defense is the responsibility of France

======================================================================

@Guam ----

(territory of the US)

Map ---

Location: 13 28 N, 144 47 E -- Oceania, island in the North
Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the
Philippines

Flag ----

Description: territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red
border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed,
vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with
sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red
letters; US flag is the national flag

Geography ---------

Location: Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about
three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines

Geographic coordinates: 13 28 N, 144 47 E

Map references: Oceania

Area:
total area: 541.3 sq km
land area: 541.3 sq km
comparative area: three times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 125.5 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical marine; generally warm and humid, moderated by
northeast trade winds; dry season from January to June, rainy season
from July to December; little seasonal temperature variation

Terrain: volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs; relatively
flat coralline limestone plateau (source of most fresh water) with
steep coastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low-rising
hills in center, mountains in south
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m

Natural resources: fishing (largely undeveloped), tourism
(especially from Japan)

Land use:
arable land: 11%
permanent crops: 11%
meadows and pastures: 15%
forest and woodland: 18%
other: 45%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively
rare, but potentially very destructive typhoons (especially in
August)
international agreements: NA

Geographic note: largest and southernmost island in the Mariana
Islands archipelago; strategic location in western North Pacific
Ocean

People ------

Population: 156,974 (July 1996 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: NA
15-64 years: NA
65 years and over: NA

Population growth rate: 2.34% (1996 est.)

Birth rate: 24.24 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Death rate: 3.86 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Net migration rate: 3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: NA male(s)/female
under 15 years: NA male(s)/female
15-64 years: NA male(s)/female
65 years and over: NA male(s)/female
all ages: NA male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate: 15.17 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74.29 years
male: 72.42 years
female: 76.13 years (1996 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.25 children born/woman (1996 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Guamanian(s)
adjective: Guamanian

Ethnic divisions: Chamorro 47%, Filipino 25%, white 10%, Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, and other 18%

Religions: Roman Catholic 98%, other 2%

Languages: English, Chamorro, Japanese

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99%

Government ----------

Name of country:
conventional long form: Territory of Guam
conventional short form: Guam

Data code: GQ

Type of government: organized, unincorporated territory of the US
with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction
of the Office of Territorial and International Affairs, US
Department of the Interior

Capital: Agana

Administrative divisions: none (territory of the US)

Independence: none (territory of the US)

National holiday: Guam Discovery Day (first Monday in March)
(1521); Liberation Day, 21 July

Constitution: Organic Act of 1 August 1950

Legal system: modeled on US; federal laws apply

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal; US citizens, but do not vote
in US presidential elections

Executive branch:
chief of state: President (of the United States) William Jefferson
CLINTON (since 20 January 1993); Vice President Albert GORE, Jr.
(since 20 January 1993)
head of government: Governor Carl GUTIERREZ (since 8 November 1994)
and Lieutenant Governor Madeleine BORDALLO (since 8 November 1994)
were elected for a four-year term by popular vote; election last
held 8 November 1994 (next to be held NA November 1998); results -
Carl GUTIERREZ (Democrat) defeated Tommy TANAKA (Republican) with
54.6% of the vote
cabinet: executive departments; heads appointed by the governor with
the consent of the Guam legislature

Legislative branch: unicameral
Legislature: elections last held 8 November 1994 (next to be held NA
November 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (21
total) Democrats 14, Republican 7
US House of Representatives: elections last held 8 November 1994
(next to be held NA November 1996); Guam elects one delegate;
results - Robert UNDERWOOD was reelected as delegate; seats - (1
total) Democrat 1

Judicial branch: Federal District Court, judge is appointed by the
president; Territorial Superior Court, judges appointed for
eight-year terms by the governor

Political parties and leaders: Democratic Party (controls the
legislature); Republican Party (party of the Governor)

International organization participation: ESCAP (associate), IOC,
SPC

Diplomatic representation in US: none (territory of the US)

US diplomatic representation: none (territory of the US)

Flag: territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on
all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical
ellipse containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with sail, and a
palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; US
flag is the national flag

Economy -------

Economic overview: The economy depends mainly on US military
spending and on revenues from tourism. Over the past 20 years, the
tourist industry has grown rapidly, creating a construction boom for
new hotels and the expansion of older ones. Visitors numbered about
900,000 in 1992. The slowdown in Japanese economic growth has been
reflected in less vigorous growth in the tourism sector. About 60%
of the labor force works for the private sector and the rest for
government. Most food and industrial goods are imported, with about
75% from the US. Guam faces the problem of building up the civilian
economic sector to offset the impact of military downsizing.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $2 billion (1991 est.)

GDP real growth rate: NA%

GDP per capita: $14,000 (1991 est.)

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4% (1992 est.)

Labor force: 46,930 (1990)
by occupation: federal and territorial government 40%, private 60%
(trade 18%, services 15.6%, construction 13.8%, other 12.6%) (1990)

Unemployment rate: 2% (1992 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $525 million
expenditures: $395 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
(1991)

Industries: US military, tourism, construction, transshipment
services, concrete products, printing and publishing, food
processing, textiles

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity:
capacity: 300,000 kW
production: 750 million kWh
consumption per capita: 4,797 kWh (1993)

Agriculture: fruits, copra, vegetables; eggs, pork, poultry, beef

Exports: $34 million (f.o.b., 1984)
commodities: mostly transshipments of refined petroleum products,
construction materials, fish, food and beverage products
partners: US 25%, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 63%, other
12%

Imports: $493 million (c.i.f., 1984)
commodities: petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured
goods
partners: US 23%, Japan 19%, other 58%

External debt: $NA

Economic aid:
recipient: although Guam receives no foreign aid, it does receive
large transfer payments from the general revenues of the US Federal
Treasury into which Guamanians pay no income or excise taxes; under
the provisions of a special law of Congress, the Guamanian Treasury,
rather than the US Treasury, receives federal income taxes paid by
military and civilian Federal employees stationed in Guam

Currency: 1 United States dollar (US$) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: US currency is used

Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September

Transportation --------------

Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 674 km (all-weather roads)
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km

Ports: Apra Harbor

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 4
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 2
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications --------------

Telephones: 26,317 (1989 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific
Ocean); submarine cables to US and Japan

Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 0

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 3

Televisions: 75,000 (1993 est.)

Defense -------

Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the US

======================================================================

@Guatemala ---------

Map ---

Location: 15 30 N, 90 15 W -- Middle America, bordering the
Caribbean Sea, between Honduras and Belize and bordering the North
Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico

Flag ----

Description: three equal vertical bands of light blue (hoist
side), white, and light blue with the coat of arms centered in the
white band; the coat of arms includes a green and red quetzal (the
national bird) and a scroll bearing the inscription LIBERTAD 15 DE
SEPTIEMBRE DE 1821 (the original date of independence from Spain)
all superimposed on a pair of crossed rifles and a pair of crossed
swords and framed by a wreath

Geography ---------

Location: Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between
Honduras and Belize and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between
El Salvador and Mexico

Geographic coordinates: 15 30 N, 90 15 W

Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total area: 108,890 sq km
land area: 108,430 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Tennessee

Land boundaries:
total: 1,687 km
border countries: Belize 266 km, El Salvador 203 km, Honduras 256
km, Mexico 962 km

Coastline: 400 km

Maritime claims:
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: border with Belize in dispute; talks to
resolve the dispute are stalled

Climate: tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands

Terrain: mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling
limestone plateau (Peten)
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m

Natural resources: petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, chicle

Land use:
arable land: 12%
permanent crops: 4%
meadows and pastures: 12%
forest and woodland: 40%
other: 32%

Irrigated land: 780 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:
current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution
natural hazards: numerous volcanoes in mountains, with frequent
violent earthquakes; Caribbean coast subject to hurricanes and other
tropical storms
international agreements: party to - Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,
Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer
Protection, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified -
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Law of the Sea

Geographic note: no natural harbors on west coast

People ------

Population: 11,277,614 (July 1996 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 43% (male 2,464,498; female 2,362,457)
15-64 years: 54% (male 3,026,834; female 3,031,278)
65 years and over: 3% (male 184,927; female 207,620) (July 1996 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.48% (1996 est.)

Birth rate: 33.96 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Death rate: 7.15 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Net migration rate: -1.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
all ages: 1.01 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 50.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 65.24 years
male: 62.64 years
female: 67.97 years (1996 est.)

Total fertility rate: 4.5 children born/woman (1996 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Guatemalan(s)
adjective: Guatemalan

Ethnic divisions: Mestizo - mixed Amerindian-Spanish ancestry (in
local Spanish called Ladino) 56%, Amerindian or predominantly
Amerindian 44%

Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, traditional Mayan

Languages: Spanish 60%, Indian language 40% (23 Indian dialects,
including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995 est.)
total population: 55.6%
male: 62.5%
female: 48.6%

Government ----------

Name of country:
conventional long form: Republic of Guatemala
conventional short form: Guatemala
local long form: Republica de Guatemala
local short form: Guatemala

Data code: GT

Type of government: republic

Capital: Guatemala

Administrative divisions: 22 departments (departamentos, singular
- departamento); Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango,
Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango,
Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu,
Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez,
Totonicapan, Zacapa

Independence: 15 September 1821 (from Spain)

National holiday: Independence Day, 15 September (1821)

Constitution: 31 May 1985, effective 14 January 1986
note: suspended 25 May 1993 by President SERRANO; reinstated 5 June
1993 following ouster of president

Legal system: civil law system; judicial review of legislative
acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch:
chief of state and head of government: President Alvaro Enrique ARZU
Irigoyen (since 14 January 1996); Vice President Luis Alberto FLORES
Asturias (since 14 January 1996); results - Alvaro Enrique ARZU
Irigoyen (PAN) 51.2%, Jorge PORTILLO Cabrera (FRG) 48.8%; ARZU was
elected for a four-year term by universal suffrage; election runoff
held on 14 January 1996 (next to be held November 2000)
cabinet: Council of Ministers was named by the president

Legislative branch: unicameral
Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica): elections were
held on 12 November 1995 to select 80 new congressmen (next election
will be held in November 2000); results - seats (80 total) PAN 43,
FRG 21, FDNG 6, DCG 4, UCN 3, UD 2, MLN 1
note: on 11 November 1993 the congress approved a procedure that
reduced its number from 116 seats to 80; the procedure provided for
a special election in mid-1994 to elect an interim congress of 80
members to serve until replaced in the November 1995 general
election; the plan was approved in a general referendum in January
1994 and the special election was held on 14 August 1994

Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de
Justicia); additionally the Court of Constitutionality is presided
over by the President of the Supreme Court, judges are elected for a
five-year term by Congress

Political parties and leaders: National Centrist Union (UCN),
(vacant); Solidarity Action Movement (MAS), Oliverio GARCIA Rodas;
Christian Democratic Party (DCG), Alfonso CABRERA Hidalgo; National
Advancement Party (PAN), Alvaro ARZU Irigoyen; National Liberation
Movement (MLN), Mario SANDOVAL Alarcon; Social Democratic Party
(PSD), Mario SOLORZANO Martinez; Revolutionary Party (PR), Carlos
CHAVARRIA Perez; Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), Efrain RIOS
Montt; Democratic Union (UD), Jose CHEA Urruela; New Guatemalan
Democratic Front (FDNG), Jorge GONZALEZ del Valle

Other political or pressure groups: Coordinating Committee of
Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial, and Financial Associations
(CACIF); Mutual Support Group (GAM); Agrarian Owners Group (UNAGRO);
Committee for Campesino Unity (CUC); leftist guerrilla movement
known as Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union (URNG) has four
main factions - Guerrilla Army of the Poor (EGP); Revolutionary
Organization of the People in Arms (ORPA); Rebel Armed Forces (FAR);
Guatemalan Labor Party (PGT/O)

International organization participation: BCIE, CACM, CCC, ECLAC,
FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD,
IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES,
LAIA (observer), NAM, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,
UNMIH, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Pedro LAMPORT Kelsall
chancery: 2220 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 745-4952 through 4954
FAX: [1] (202) 745-1908
consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New
York, and San Francisco

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Marilyn McAFEE
embassy: 7-01 Avenida de la Reforma, Zone 10, Guatemala City
mailing address: APO AA 34024
telephone: [502] (2) 311541
FAX: [502] (2) 318885

Flag: three equal vertical bands of light blue (hoist side),
white, and light blue with the coat of arms centered in the white
band; the coat of arms includes a green and red quetzal (the
national bird) and a scroll bearing the inscription LIBERTAD 15 DE
SEPTIEMBRE DE 1821 (the original date of independence from Spain)
all superimposed on a pair of crossed rifles and a pair of crossed
swords and framed by a wreath

Economy -------

Economic overview: The economy is based on family and corporate
agriculture, which accounts for 25% of GDP, employs about 60% of the
labor force, and supplies two-thirds of exports. Manufacturing,
predominantly in private hands, accounts for about 20% of GDP and
12% of the labor force. In both 1990 and 1991, the economy grew by
3%, the fourth and fifth consecutive years of mild growth. In 1992
growth picked up to almost 5% as government policies favoring
competition and foreign trade and investment took stronger hold. In
1993-94, despite political unrest, this momentum continued, foreign
investment held up, and annual growth averaged 4%. Strong
international prices for Guatemala's traditional commodity exports
featured 4.9% growth in 1995. Given the markedly uneven distribution
of land and income, the government faces major obstacles in its
program of economic modernization and the reduction of poverty.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $36.7 billion (1995 est.)

GDP real growth rate: 4.9% (1995 est.)

GDP per capita: $3,300 (1995 est.)

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: 25%
industry: 20%
services: 55%

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9% (1995 est.)

Labor force: 3.2 million (1994 est.)
by occupation: agriculture 60%, services 13%, manufacturing 12%,
commerce 7%, construction 4%, transport 3%, utilities 0.7%, mining
0.3% (1985)

Unemployment rate: 4.9%; underemployment 30%-40% (1994 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $1.6 billion
expenditures: $1.88 billion, including capital expenditures of $570
million (1996 est.)

Industries: sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals,
petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity:
capacity: 700,000 kW
production: 2.3 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 211 kWh (1993)

Agriculture: sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom;
cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens

Illicit drugs: transit country for cocaine shipments; illicit
producer of opium poppy and cannabis for the international drug
trade; the government has an active eradication program for cannabis
and opium poppy

Exports: $2.3 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities: coffee, sugar, bananas, cardamom, beef
partners: US 30%, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Germany, Honduras

Imports: $2.85 billion (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities: fuel and petroleum products, machinery, grain,
fertilizers, motor vehicles
partners: US 44%, Mexico, Venezuela, Japan, Germany

External debt: $3.1 billion (1995 est.)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $84 million (1993)

Currency: 1 quetzal (Q) = 100 centavos

Exchange rates: free market quetzales (Q) per US$1 - 5.9346
(December 1995), 5.8103 (1995), 5.7512 (1994), 5,6354 (1993), 5.1706
(1992), 5.0289 (1991); note - black-market rate 2.800 (May 1989)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation --------------

Railways:
total: 884 km (102 km privately owned)
narrow gauge: 884 km 0.914-m gauge (single track)

Highways:
total: 12,033 km
paved: 3,117 km (including 125 km of expressways)
unpaved: 8,916 km (1992 est.)

Waterways: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km
navigable during high-water season

Pipelines: crude oil 275 km

Ports: Champerico, Puerto Barrios, Puerto Quetzal, San Jose, Santo
Tomas de Castilla

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 463
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 2
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 5
with paved runways under 914 m: 320
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 9
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 124 (1995 est.)

Communications --------------

Telephones: 210,000 (1993 est.)

Telephone system: fairly modern network centered in the city of ======================================================================

@Guernsey --------

(British crown dependency)

Map ---

Location: 49 28 N, 2 35 W -- Western Europe, islands in the
English Channel, northwest of France

Flag ----

Description: white with the red cross of Saint George (patron
saint of England) extending to the edges of the flag

Geography ---------

Location: Western Europe, islands in the English Channel,
northwest of France

Geographic coordinates: 49 28 N, 2 35 W

Map references: Europe

Area:
total area: 194 sq km
land area: 194 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC
note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other
smaller islands

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 50 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm
territorial sea: 3 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50%
of days are overcast

Terrain: mostly level with low hills in southwest
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m

Natural resources: cropland

Land use:
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
meadows and pastures: NA%
forest and woodland: NA%
other: NA%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: NA
international agreements: NA

Geographic note: large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port

People ------

Population: 62,920 (July 1996 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 18% (male 5,592; female 5,439)
15-64 years: 67% (male 20,636; female 21,472)
65 years and over: 15% (male 3,925; female 5,856) (July 1996 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.28% (1996 est.)

Birth rate: 13.06 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Death rate: 9.73 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Net migration rate: 9.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
all ages: 0.92 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 9.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 78.22 years
male: 75.28 years
female: 81.27 years (1996 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.56 children born/woman (1996 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Channel Islander(s)
adjective: Channel Islander

Ethnic divisions: UK and Norman-French descent

Religions: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist,
Congregational, Methodist

Languages: English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in
country districts

Literacy: NA

Government ----------

Name of country:
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey
conventional short form: Guernsey

Data code: GK

Type of government: British crown dependency

Capital: Saint Peter Port

Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency)

Independence: none (British crown dependency)

National holiday: Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)

Constitution: unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and
practice

Legal system: English law and local statute; justice is
administered by the Royal Court

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch:
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (of the United Kingdom since 6
February 1952) is a hereditary monarch
head of government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief
Vice-Admiral Sir John COWARD (since NA 1994) and Bailiff Mr. Graham
Martyn DOREY (since February 1992) were appointed by the queen
cabinet: Advisory and Finance Committee (other committees);
appointed by the Assembly of the States

Legislative branch: unicameral
Assembly of the States: elections last held NA (next to be held NA);
results - no percent of vote by party since all are independents;
seats - (60 total, 33 elected), all independents

Judicial branch: Royal Court

Political parties and leaders: none; all independents

International organization participation: none

Diplomatic representation in US: none (British crown dependency)

US diplomatic representation: none (British crown dependency)

Flag: white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of
England) extending to the edges of the flag

Economy -------

Economic overview: Financial services account for about 55% of
total income. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly
tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Bank profits (1992)
registered a record 26% growth. Fund management and insurance are
the two other major income generators.

GDP: $NA

GDP real growth rate: NA%

GDP per capita: $NA

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% (1988)

Labor force: NA

Unemployment rate: 3%-4% (1994 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $238.3 million
expenditures: $223.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
(1993 est.)

Industries: tourism, banking

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity:
capacity: 173,000 kW
production: 525 million kWh
consumption per capita: 9,060 kWh (1992)

Agriculture: tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers,
eggplant, other vegetables, fruit; Guernsey cattle

Exports: $NA
commodities: tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant,
other vegetables
partners: UK (regarded as internal trade)

Imports: $NA
commodities: coal, gasoline, and oil
partners: UK (regarded as internal trade)

External debt: $NA

Economic aid: none

Currency: 1 Guernsey (LG) pound = 100 pence

Exchange rates: Guernsey pounds (LG) per US$1 - 0.6535 (January
1996), 0.6335 (1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658 (1993), 0.5664 (1992),
0.5652 (1991); note - the Guernsey pound is at par with the British
pound

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation --------------

Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: NA km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km

Ports: Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson

Merchant marine: none