international: country code - 1–246; satellite earth stations - 4
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); tropospheric scatter to Trinidad and
Saint Lucia
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
237,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (plus two cable channels) (1997)
Televisions:
76,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.bb
Internet hosts:
204 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
19 (2000)
Internet users:
100,000 (2003)
Transportation Barbados
Highways: total: 1,793 km paved: 1,719 km unpaved: 74 km (1999)
Ports and harbors:
Bridgetown, Speightstown (Port Charles Marina)
Merchant marine:
total: 42 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 427,465 GRT/668,195 DWT
by type: bulk 11, cargo 20, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 3,
petroleum tanker 6, roll on/roll off 1
registered in other countries: 3 (2004 est.)
foreign-owned: Australia 1, Bahamas 1, Bangladesh 1, Canada 5,
Greece 7, Hong Kong 7, Italy 2, Lebanon 1, Norway 9, United Kingdom
10
Airports:
1 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Military Barbados
Military branches:
Royal Barbados Defense Force (Troops Command and Coast Guard)
Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age for voluntary military service; volunteers at earlier age with parental consent; no conscription (2001)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15–49: 77,714 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15–49: 53,127 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
NA
Transnational Issues Barbados
Disputes - international:
Barbados intends to take its claim before UNCLOS arbitration that
the northern limit of Trinidad and Tobago's maritime boundary with
Venezuela extends into its waters; joins other Caribbean states to
counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human
habitation, a criterion under UNCLOS, which permits Venezuela to
extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large portion of the
Caribbean Sea
Illicit drugs:
one of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for
Europe and the US; offshore financial center
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
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@Bassas da India
Introduction Bassas da India
Background:
This atoll is a volcanic rock surrounded by reefs and is awash at
high tide. A French possession since 1897, it was placed under the
administration of a commissioner residing in Reunion in 1968.
Geography Bassas da India
Location:
Southern Africa, islands in the southern Mozambique Channel, about
one-half of the way from Madagascar to Mozambique
Geographic coordinates:
21 30 S, 39 50 E
Map references:
Africa
Area:
total: 0.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 0.2 sq km
Area - comparative:
about one-third the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
35.2 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate:
tropical
Terrain:
volcanic rock
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2.4 m
Natural resources:
none
Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all rock) (2001)
Irrigated land:
0 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards:
maritime hazard since it is usually under water during high tide
and surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones
Environment - current issues:
NA
Geography - note:
the islands emerge from a circular reef that sits atop a
long-extinct, submerged volcano
People Bassas da India
Population: uninhabited (July 2004 est.)
Government Bassas da India
Country name:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Bassas da India
Dependency status:
possession of France; administered by a high commissioner of the
Republic, resident in Reunion
Legal system:
the laws of France, where applicable, apply
Flag description:
the flag of France is used
Economy Bassas da India
Economy - overview: no economic activity
Transportation Bassas da India
Ports and harbors: none; offshore anchorage only
Military Bassas da India
Military - note: defense is the responsibility of France
Transnational Issues Bassas da India
Disputes - international: claimed by Madagascar
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