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Economic aid - recipient:

$8.3 million (1995)

Currency (code):

East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

Currency code:

XCD

Exchange rates:

East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003), 2.7

(2002), 2.7 (2001), 2.7 (2000)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Communications Grenada

Telephones - main lines in use:

33,500 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

7,600 (2002)

Telephone system:

general assessment: automatic, islandwide telephone system

domestic: interisland VHF and UHF radiotelephone links

international: country code - 1–473; new SHF radiotelephone links to

Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to

Trinidad

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

57,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

2 (1997)

Televisions:

33,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.gd

Internet hosts:

18 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

14 (2000)

Internet users:

15,000 (2002)

Transportation Grenada

Highways: total: 1,040 km paved: 638 km unpaved: 402 km (1999 est.)

Ports and harbors:

Saint George's

Airports:

3 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 3

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Military Grenada

Military branches:

no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force

Military expenditures - dollar figure:

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

Transnational Issues Grenada

Disputes - international:

none

Illicit drugs:

small-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment point for

marijuana and cocaine to US

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@Guadeloupe

Introduction Guadeloupe

Background:

Guadeloupe has been a French possession since 1635. The island of

Saint Martin is shared with the Netherlands; its southern portion is

named Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands Antilles and its

northern portion is named Saint-Martin and is part of Guadeloupe

Geography Guadeloupe

Location:

Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic

Ocean, southeast of Puerto Rico

Geographic coordinates:

16 15 N, 61 35 W

Map references:

Central America and the Caribbean

Area:

total: 1,780 sq km

land: 1,706 sq km

water: 74 sq km

note: Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands,

including Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Desirade,

Iles des Saintes (2), Saint-Barthelemy, Iles de la Petite Terre, and

Saint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin)

Area - comparative:

10 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: total: 10.2 km border countries: Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 10.2 km

Coastline: 306 km

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

Climate:

subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity

Terrain:

Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains;

Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other

islands are volcanic in origin

Elevation extremes:

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point: Soufriere 1,484 m

Natural resources:

cultivable land, beaches and climate that foster tourism

Land use: arable land: 11.24% permanent crops: 3.55% other: 85.21% (2001)

Irrigated land:

20 sq km (1998 est.)

Natural hazards:

hurricanes (June to October); Soufriere de Guadeloupe is an active

volcano

Environment - current issues:

Geography - note:

a narrow channel, the Riviere Salee, divides Guadeloupe proper into

two islands: the larger, western Basse-Terre and the smaller,

eastern Grande-Terre

People Guadeloupe

Population:

448,713 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:

0–14 years: 24% (male 55,072/female 52,677)

15–64 years: 66.9% (male 148,880/female 151,238)

65 years and over: 9.1% (male 17,032/female 23,814) (2005 est.)

Median age:

total: 31.81 years

male: 30.91 years

female: 32.73 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.92% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:

15.42 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:

6.06 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:

−0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15–64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female

total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 8.6 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 9.81 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 7.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 77.9 years

male: 74.74 years

female: 81.21 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.91 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

NA%

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

Nationality:

noun: Guadeloupian(s)

adjective: Guadeloupe

Ethnic groups:

black or mulatto 90%, white 5%, East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese less

than 5%

Religions:

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

Languages:

French (official) 99%, Creole patois

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 90%

male: 90%

female: 90% (1982 est.)

Government Guadeloupe

Country name:

conventional long form: Department of Guadeloupe

conventional short form: Guadeloupe

local long form: Departement de la Guadeloupe

local short form: Guadeloupe

Dependency status:

overseas department of France

Government type:

Capital:

Basse-Terre

Administrative divisions:

none (overseas department of France)

Independence:

none (overseas department of France)

National holiday:

Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)

Constitution:

4 October 1958 (French Constitution)

Legal system:

French legal system

Suffrage:

18 years of age; universal

Executive branch:

chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May

1995), represented by Prefect Paul GIROT DE LANGLADE (since 17

August 2004)

head of government: President of the General Council Jacques GILLOT

(since 26 March 2001); President of the Regional Council Victorin

LUREL (since 2 April 2004)

cabinet: NA

elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year

term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the

French Ministry of Interior; the presidents of the General and

Regional Councils are elected by the members of those councils

election results: NA

Legislative branch:

unicameral General Council or Conseil General (42 seats; members

are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the

unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (41 seats; members

are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)

elections: General Council - last held March 2004 (next to be held

by NA 2010); Regional Council - last held 28 March 2004 (next to be

held NA 2010)

election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA%;

seats by party - left-wing candidates 11, PS 8, RPR 8, PPDG 6,

right-wing candidates 5, PCG 3, UDF 1; Regional Council (second

round) - percent of vote by party - PS 58.4%, UMP 41.6%; seats by

party - PS 29, UMP 12

note: Guadeloupe elects two representatives to the French Senate;

elections last held September 2004 (next to be held September 2013);

percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA, Guadeloupe

elects four representatives to the French National Assembly;

elections last held 9 June-16 June 2002 (next to be held NA 2007);

percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR 2, PS 1,

different right parties 1

Judicial branch:

Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe,

French Guiana, and Martinique

Political parties and leaders:

Communist Party of Guadeloupe or PCG [Mona CADOCE]; FGPS [Dominique

LARIFLA]; Left Radical Party or PRG [Flavien FERRANT]; Progressive

Democratic Party or PPDG [Henri BANGOU]; Socialist Party or PS

[Marlene MELISSE and Favrot DAVRAIN]; Union for French Democracy or

UDF [Marcel ESDRAS]; Union for a Popular Movement or UMP (including

RPR) [Robert JOYEUX]

Political pressure groups and leaders:

Christian Movement for the Liberation of Guadeloupe or KLPG;

General Federation of Guadeloupe Workers or CGT-G; General Union of

Guadeloupe Workers or UGTG; Movement for Independent Guadeloupe or

MPGI; The Socialist Renewal Movement

International organization participation:

WCL, WFTU

Diplomatic representation in the US:

none (overseas department of France)

Diplomatic representation from the US:

none (overseas department of France)

Flag description:

the flag of France is used

Economy Guadeloupe

Economy - overview:

The Caribbean economy depends on agriculture, tourism, light

industry, and services. It also depends on France for large

subsidies and imports. Tourism is a key industry, with most tourists

from the US; an increasingly large number of cruise ships visit the

islands. The traditional 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, mainly from France. Light industry

features sugar and rum production. Most manufactured goods and fuel

are imported. Unemployment is especially high among the young.

Hurricanes periodically devastate the economy.

GDP (purchasing power parity):

$3.513 billion (2003 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

NA%

GDP - per capita:

purchasing power parity - $7,900 (2003 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 15% industry: 17% services: 68% (1997 est.)

Labor force:

125,900 (1997)

Labor force - by occupation:

Unemployment rate:

27.8% (1998)

Population below poverty line:

NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: NA%

highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

NA%

Budget:

revenues: $225 million

expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105

million (1996)

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

Industries:

construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism

Industrial production growth rate:

NA%

Electricity - production:

1.16 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:

1.079 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2002)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:

13,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:

Oil - imports:

Exports:

$140 million f.o.b. (1997)

Exports - commodities:

bananas, sugar, rum

Exports - partners:

France 60%, Martinique 18%, US 4% (1999)

Imports:

$1.7 billion c.i.f. (1997)

Imports - commodities:

foodstuffs, fuels, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods,

construction materials

Imports - partners:

France 63%, Germany 4%, US 3%, Japan 2%, Netherlands Antilles 2%

(1999)

Debt - external:

$NA (yearend 2003 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:

NA; note - substantial annual French subsidies (2004)

Currency (code):

euro (EUR)

Currency code:

EUR

Exchange rates:

euros per US dollar - 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002),

1.1175 j(2001), 1.0854 (2000)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Communications Guadeloupe

Telephones - main lines in use:

210,000 (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

323,500 (2002)

Telephone system:

general assessment: domestic facilities inadequate

domestic: NA

international: country code - 590; satellite earth station - 1

Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay to Antigua and

Barbuda, Dominica, and Martinique

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 17, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

113,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

5 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

118,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.gp

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

3 (2000)

Internet users:

20,000 (2002)

Transportation Guadeloupe

Highways:

total: 947 km (2002)

Ports and harbors:

Basse-Terre, Gustavia, Pointe-a-Pitre

Merchant marine: total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,240 GRT/109 DWT by type: passenger 1 foreign-owned: 1 (France 1) (2005)

Airports: 9 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 8 over 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 5 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Military Guadeloupe

Military branches:

no regular military forces

Military - note:

defense is the responsibility of France

Transnational Issues Guadeloupe

Disputes - international: none

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@Guam

Introduction Guam

Background:

Guam was ceded to the US by Spain in 1898. Captured by the Japanese

in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The military

installation on the island is one of the most strategically

important US bases in the Pacific.

Geography Guam

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: 549 sq km

land: 549 sq km

water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative:

three times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

125.5 km

Maritime claims:

territorial sea: 12 nm

exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

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 hills in

center, mountains in south

Elevation extremes:

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: 9.09% permanent crops: 16.36% other: 74.55% (2001)

Irrigated land:

Natural hazards:

frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively rare, but

potentially very destructive typhoons (June - December)

Environment - current issues:

extirpation of native bird population by the rapid proliferation of

the brown tree snake, an exotic, invasive species

Geography - note:

largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands archipelago;

strategic location in western North Pacific Ocean

People Guam

Population:

168,564 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:

0–14 years: 29.4% (male 25,645/female 23,887)

15–64 years: 64.1% (male 55,115/female 52,935)

65 years and over: 6.5% (male 5,157/female 5,825) (2005 est.)

Median age:

total: 28.38 years

male: 28.16 years

female: 28.61 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.46% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:

19.03 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:

4.41 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female

15–64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female

total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 6.94 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 7.61 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 6.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 78.4 years

male: 75.34 years

female: 81.64 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.6 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

Nationality:

noun: Guamanian(s)

adjective: Guamanian

Ethnic groups:

Chamorro 37.1%, Filipino 26.3%, other Pacific islander 11.3%, white

6.9%, other Asian 6.3%, other ethnic origin or race 2.3%, mixed 9.8%

(2000 census)

Religions:

Roman Catholic 85%, other 15% (1999 est.)

Languages:

English 38.3%, Chamorro 22.2%, Philippine languages 22.2%, other

Pacific island languages 6.8%, Asian languages 7%, other languages

3.5% (2000 census)

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99%

male: 99%

female: 99% (1990 est.)

Government Guam

Country name:

conventional long form: Territory of Guam

conventional short form: Guam

local long form: Guahan

Dependency status:

organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations

between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of

Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior

Government type:

Capital:

Hagatna (Agana)

Administrative divisions:

none (territory of the US)

Independence:

none (territory of the US)

National holiday:

Discovery Day, first Monday in March (1521)

Constitution:

Organic Act of 1 August 1950

Legal system:

modeled on US; 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 George W. BUSH of the US (since 20

January 2001); Vice President Richard B. CHENEY (since 20 January

2001)

head of government: Governor Felix P. P. CAMACHO (since 6 January

2003) and Lieutenant Governor Kaleo MOYLAN (since 6 January 2003)

cabinet: executive departments; heads appointed by the governor with

the consent of the Guam legislature

elections: US president and vice president elected on the same

ticket for a four-year term; governor and lieutenant governor

elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year term;

election last held 5 November 2002 (next to be held November 2006)

election results: Felix P. P. CAMACHO elected governor; percent of

vote - Felix P. P. CAMACHO (Republican Party) 55.4%, Robert A.

UNDERWOOD (Democratic Party) 44.6%

Legislative branch:

unicameral Legislature (15 seats; members are elected by popular

vote to serve two-year terms)

elections: last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held November 2006)

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -

Democratic Party 6, Republican Party 9

note: Guam elects one nonvoting delegate to the US House of

Representatives; election last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held

November 2006); results - Madeleine BORDALLO (Democratic Party) was

elected as delegate; percent of vote by party - Democratic Party

64.6%, Republican Party 35.4%; seats by party - Democratic Party 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 [leader Michael PHILLIPS]; Republican Party

(controls the legislature) [leader Philip J. FLORES]

Political pressure groups and leaders:

International organization participation:

Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UPU

Diplomatic representation in the US:

none (territory of the US)

Diplomatic representation from the US:

none (territory of the US)

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

Economy Guam

Economy - overview:

The economy depends on US military spending, tourism, and the

export of fish and handicrafts. Total US grants, wage payments, and

procurement outlays amounted to $1 billion in 1998. Over the past 20

years, the tourist industry has grown rapidly, creating a

construction boom for new hotels and the expansion of older ones.

More than 1 million tourists visit Guam each year. The industry had

recently suffered setbacks because of the continuing Japanese

slowdown; the Japanese normally make up almost 90% of the tourists.

Most food and industrial goods are imported. Guam faces the problem

of building up the civilian economic sector to offset the impact of

military downsizing.

GDP (purchasing power parity):

$3.2 billion (2000 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

GDP - per capita:

purchasing power parity - $21,000 (2000 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 7% industry: 15% services: 78% (2002 est.)

Labor force: 60,000 (2000 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: private 74% (industry 10%, trade 24%, other services 40%), federal and territorial government 26% (2000 est.)

Unemployment rate:

15% (2000 est.)

Population below poverty line:

23% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

0% (1999 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $340 million

expenditures: $445 million, including capital expenditures of NA

(2000 est.)

Agriculture - products:

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

Industries:

US military, tourism, construction, transshipment services,

concrete products, printing and publishing, food processing, textiles

Industrial production growth rate:

Electricity - production:

835 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:

776.6 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2002)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:

20,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:

Oil - imports:

Exports:

$38 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)

Exports - commodities:

mostly transshipments of refined petroleum products; construction

materials, fish, food and beverage products

Exports - partners:

Japan 66.1%, South Korea 9.9%, Singapore 8.4% (2004)

Imports:

$462 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)

Imports - commodities:

petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured goods

Imports - partners:

Singapore 39.5%, South Korea 20.8%, Japan 19%, Hong Kong 9%,

Philippines 4.3% (2004)

Debt - external:

Economic aid - recipient:

Guam receives large transfer payments from the US Federal Treasury

($143 million in 1997) into which Guamanians pay no income or excise

taxes; under the provisions of a special law of Congress, the Guam

Treasury, rather than the US Treasury, receives federal income taxes

paid by military and civilian Federal employees stationed in Guam

(2001 est.)

Currency (code):

US dollar (USD)

Currency code:

USD

Exchange rates:

the US dollar is used

Fiscal year:

1 October - 30 September

Communications Guam

Telephones - main lines in use:

84,134 (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

32,600 (2001)

Telephone system:

general assessment: modern system, integrated with US facilities

for direct dialing, including free use of 800 numbers

domestic: modern digital system, including cellular mobile service

and local access to the Internet

international: country code - 1–671; satellite earth stations - 2

Intelsat (Pacific Ocean); submarine cables to US and Japan (Guam is

a trans-Pacific communications hub for MCI, Sprint, AT&T, IT&E, and

GTE, linking the US and Asia)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 4, FM 7, shortwave 2 (2003)

Radios:

221,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

5 (1997)

Televisions:

106,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.gu

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

20 (2000)

Internet users:

50,000 (2002)

Transportation Guam

Highways: total: 977 km paved: 962 km unpaved: 15 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:

Apra Harbor

Airports:

5 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 4 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Military Guam

Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the US

Transnational Issues Guam

Disputes - international: none

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@Guatemala

Introduction Guatemala

Background:

The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding

regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three

centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in

1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a

variety of military and civilian governments as well as a 36-year

guerrilla war. In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement

formally ending the conflict, which had left more than 100,000

people dead and had created some 1 million refugees.

Geography Guatemala

Location:

Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El

Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean

Sea) between Honduras and Belize

Geographic coordinates:

15 30 N, 90 15 W

Map references:

Central America and the Caribbean

Area:

total: 108,890 sq km

land: 108,430 sq km

water: 460 sq km

Area - comparative:

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

Climate:

tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands

Terrain:

mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone

plateau (Peten)

Elevation extremes:

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m

highest point: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m

Natural resources:

petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, chicle, hydropower

Land use: arable land: 12.54% permanent crops: 5.03% other: 82.43% (2001)

Irrigated land:

1,250 sq km (1998 est.)

Natural hazards:

numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent

earthquakes; Caribbean coast extremely susceptible to hurricanes and

other tropical storms

Environment - current issues:

deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution

Environment - international agreements:

party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate

Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species,

Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine

Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note:

no natural harbors on west coast

People Guatemala

Population:

14,655,189 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:

0–14 years: 42.4% (male 3,185,037/female 3,033,947)

15–64 years: 54.2% (male 4,019,052/female 3,928,984)

65 years and over: 3.3% (male 226,745/female 261,424) (2005 est.)

Median age:

total: 18.47 years

male: 18.25 years

female: 18.71 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.57% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:

34.11 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:

6.81 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:

−1.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15–64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female

total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 35.93 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 36.74 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 35.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 69.06 years

male: 67.37 years

female: 70.84 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate:

4.53 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

1.1% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

78,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

5,800 (2003 est.)

Nationality:

noun: Guatemalan(s)

adjective: Guatemalan

Ethnic groups:

Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino)

and European 59.4%, K'iche 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9%, Q'eqchi

6.3%, other Mayan 8.6%, indigenous non-Mayan 0.2%, other 0.1% (2001

census)

Religions:

Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs

Languages:

Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized

Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam,

Garifuna, and Xinca)

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 70.6%

male: 78%

female: 63.3% (2003 est.)

Government Guatemala

Country name:

conventional long form: Republic of Guatemala

conventional short form: Guatemala

local long form: Republica de Guatemala

local short form: Guatemala

Government type:

constitutional democratic 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 former President SERRANO; reinstated 5 June 1993 following

ouster of president; amended November 1993

Legal system:

civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not

accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Suffrage:

18 years of age; universal (active duty members of the armed forces

may not vote and are restricted to their barracks on election day)

Executive branch:

chief of state: President Oscar Jose Rafael BERGER Perdomo (since

14 January 2004); Vice President Eduardo STEIN Barillas (since 14

January 2004); note - the president is both the chief of state and

head of government

head of government: President Oscar Jose Rafael BERGER Perdomo

(since 14 January 2004); Vice President Eduardo STEIN Barillas

(since 14 January 2004); note - the president is both the chief of

state and head of government

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president

elections: president elected by popular vote for a four-year term;

election last held 9 November 2003; runoff held 28 December 2003

(next to be held November 2007)

election results: Oscar BERGER Perdomo elected president; percent of

vote - Oscar BERGER Perdomo (GANA) 54.1%, Alvarado COLOM (UNE) 45.9%

Legislative branch:

unicameral Congress of the Republic or Congreso de la Republica

(158 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year

terms)

elections: last held 9 November 2003 (next to be held November 2007)

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -

GANA 49, FRG 41, UNE 33, PAN 17, other 18

note: for the 9 November 2003 election, the number of congressional

seats increased from 113 to 158

Judicial branch:

Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitutcionalidad is Guatemala's

highest court (five judges are elected for concurrent five-year

terms by Congress, each serving one year as president of the

Constitutional Court; one is elected by Congress, one elected by the

Supreme Court of Justice, one appointed by the President, one

elected by Superior Counsel of Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala,

and one by Colegio de Abogados); Supreme Court of Justice or Corte

Suprema de Justicia (13 members serve concurrent five-year terms and

elect a president of the Court each year from among their number;

the president of the Supreme Court of Justice also supervises trial

judges around the country, who are named to five-year terms)

Political parties and leaders:

Authentic Integral Development or DIA [Eduardo SUGER]; Democratic

Union or UD [Rodolfo PAIZ Andrade]; Grand National Alliance or GANA

[Oscar BERGER Perdomo]; Green Party or LOV [Rodolfo ROSALES

Garcis-Salaz]; Guatemalan Christian Democracy or DCG [Vinicio CEREZO

Arevalo]; Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity or URNG [Alba

ESTELA Maldonado, secretary general]; Guatemalan Republican Front or

FRG [Efrain RIOS Montt]; Movement for Guatemalan Unity or MGU

[Jacobo ARBENZ Villanueva]; Movement for Principals and Values or

MPV [Francisco BIANCHI]; National Advancement Party or PAN [Leonel

LOPEZ Rodas, secretary general]; National Unity for Hope or UNE

[Alvarado COLOM Caballeros]; New Nation Alliance or ANN (formed by

an alliance of DIA, URNG, and several splinter groups most of whom

subsequently defected) [led by three co-equal partners - Nineth

Varenca MONTENEGRO Cottom, Rodolfo BAUER Paiz, and Jorge Antonio

BALSELLS TUT]; Patriot Party or PP [retired General Otto PEREZ

Molina]; Progressive Liberator Party or PLP [Acisclo VALLADARES

Molina]; Reform Movement or MR [Alfredo SKINNER-KLEE, secretary

general]; Unionista Party [leader NA]

Political pressure groups and leaders:

Agrarian Owners Group or UNAGRO; Alliance Against Impunity or AAI;

Committee for Campesino Unity or CUC; Coordinating Committee of

Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial, and Financial Associations or

CACIF; Mutual Support Group or GAM

International organization participation:

BCIE, CACM, FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM,

IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO

(correspondent), ITU, LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINUSTAH, NAM,

OAS, ONUB, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOCI, UPU,

WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Guillermo CASTILLO chancery: 2220 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 745–4952 FAX: [1] (202) 745–1908 consulate(s) general: Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco

Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador John R. HAMILTON embassy: 7–01 Avenida Reforma, Zone 10, Guatemala City mailing address: APO AA 34024 telephone: [502] 2331–154⅕5 FAX: [502] 2334–8477

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

Economy Guatemala

Economy - overview:

Guatemala is the largest and most populous of the Central American

countries with a GDP per capita roughly one-half that of Brazil,

Argentina, and Chile. The agricultural sector accounts for about

one-fourth of GDP, two-thirds of exports, and half of the labor

force. Coffee, sugar, and bananas are the main products. The 1996

signing of peace accords, which ended 36 years of civil war, removed

a major obstacle to foreign investment, but widespread political

violence and corruption scandals continue to dampen investor

confidence. The distribution of income remains highly unequal, with

perhaps 75% of the population below the poverty line. Other ongoing

challenges include increasing government revenues, negotiating

further assistance from international donors, upgrading both

government and private financial operations, curtailing drug

trafficking, and narrowing the trade deficit.

GDP (purchasing power parity):

$59.47 billion (2004 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

2.6% (2004 est.)

GDP - per capita:

purchasing power parity - $4,200 (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 22.7% industry: 19.5% services: 57.9% (2004 est.)

Labor force:

3.68 million (2004 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture 50%, industry 15%, services 35% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate:

7.5% (2003 est.)

Population below poverty line:

75% (2004 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 46% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

55.8 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

7.2% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):

14.9% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $2.878 billion

expenditures: $3.411 billion, including capital expenditures of $750

million (2004 est.)

Public debt:

32% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:

sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep,

pigs, chickens

Industries:

sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum,

metals, rubber, tourism

Industrial production growth rate:

4.1% (1999)

Electricity - production:

6.608 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 51.9% hydro: 35.2% nuclear: 0% other: 12.9% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:

5.76 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:

440 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:

55 million kWh (2002)

Oil - production:

25,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:

61,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:

3,104 bbl/day (2003)

Oil - imports:

Oil - proved reserves:

263 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

1.543 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Current account balance:

$-1.381 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:

$2.911 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:

coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, bananas, fruits and vegetables,

cardamom

Exports - partners:

US 53%, El Salvador 11.4%, Honduras 7.1%, Mexico 4.1% (2004)

Imports:

$7.77 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:

fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials,

grain, fertilizers, electricity

Imports - partners:

US 34%, Mexico 8.1%, South Korea 6.8%, China 6.6%, Japan 4.4% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$3.084 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:

$5.969 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:

$250 million (2000 est.)

Currency (code):

quetzal (GTQ), US dollar (USD), others allowed

Currency code:

GTQ; USD

Exchange rates:

quetzales per US dollar - 7.9465 (2004), 7.9409 (2003), 7.8216

(2002), 7.8586 (2001), 7.7632 (2000)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Communications Guatemala

Telephones - main lines in use:

846,000 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1,577,100 (2002)

Telephone system:

general assessment: fairly modern network centered in the city of

Guatemala

domestic: NA

international: country code - 502; connected to Central American

Microwave System; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic

Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 130, FM 487, shortwave 15 (2000)

Radios:

835,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

26 (plus 27 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

1.323 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.gt

Internet hosts:

20,360 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

5 (2000)

Internet users:

400,000 (2002)

Transportation Guatemala

Railways: total: 886 km narrow gauge: 886 km 0.914-m gauge (2004)

Highways:

total: 14,118 km

paved: 4,871 km (including 74 km of expressways)

unpaved: 9,247 km (1999)

Waterways:

990 km

note: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable

during high-water season (2004)

Pipelines:

oil 480 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:

Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castilla

Airports:

452 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 11

2,438 to 3,047 m: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 441

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 8

914 to 1,523 m: 109

under 914 m: 323 (2004 est.)

Military Guatemala

Military branches:

Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force

Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 30 months (2004)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 18–49: 3,020,292 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 18–49: 2,106,847 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:

males: 161,964 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:

$201.9 million (2004)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

0.8% (2003)

Transnational Issues Guatemala

Disputes - international:

Guatemalan squatters continue to settle in the rain forests of

Belize's border region; OAS is attempting to revive the 2002 failed

Differendum that created a small adjustment to land boundary, a

Guatemalan maritime corridor in Caribbean, a joint ecological park

for the disputed Sapodilla Cays, and a substantial US-UK financial

package; Guatemalans enter Mexico illegally seeking work or transit

to the US

Refugees and internally displaced persons:

IDPs: 250,000 (government's scorched-earth offensive in 1980s

against indigenous people) (2004)

Illicit drugs:

major transit country for cocaine and heroin; minor producer of

illicit opium poppy and cannabis for mostly domestic consumption;

proximity to Mexico makes Guatemala a major staging area for drugs

(particularly for cocaine); money laundering is a serious problem;

corruption is a major problem; remains on Financial Action Task

Force Non-Cooperative Countries and Territories List for continued

failure to address deficiencies in money-laundering control regime

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Introduction Guernsey

Background:

The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the

last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy, which held sway

in both France and England. The islands were the only British soil

occupied by German troops in World War II.

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