The 1994 CIA World Factbook

Name: The 1994 CIA World Factbook
Author: United States. Central Intelligence Agency

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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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

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