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Electricity - production:

850 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 148

Electricity - consumption:

790.5 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 149

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2008 est.)

Oil - production:

2,351 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 102

Oil - consumption:

8,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 154

Oil - exports:

231,100 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 49

Oil - imports:

236,400 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 42

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl country comparison to the world: 99

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 93

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 112

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 44

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 68

Natural gas - proved reserves:

0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 104

Exports:

$124 million (2006); note - includes oil reexports country comparison to the world: 189

Exports - commodities:

live animals and animal products, art and collectibles, machinery and electrical equipment, transport equipment

Exports - partners:

Panama 22.3%, Colombia 19.5%, Venezuela 17.1%, US 13.8%, Netherlands

Antilles 10.8%, Netherlands 7.3% (2008)

Imports:

$1.054 billion (2006) country comparison to the world: 170

Imports - commodities:

machinery and electrical equipment, crude oil for refining and reexport, chemicals; foodstuffs

Imports - partners:

US 53.3%, Netherlands 11.8%, UK 4.6% (2008)

Debt - external:

$478.6 million (2005 est.) country comparison to the world: 165

Exchange rates:

Aruban guilders/florins (AWG) per US dollar - NA (2007), 1.79 (2006), 1.79 (2005), 1.79 (2004), 1.79 (2003)

Communications ::Aruba

Telephones - main lines in use:

38,500 (2008) country comparison to the world: 170

Telephones - mobile cellular:

127,100 (2008) country comparison to the world: 179

Telephone system:

general assessment: modern fully automatic telecommunications system

domestic: increased competition through privatization; 3 wireless service providers are now licensed

international: country code - 297; landing site for the PAN-AM submarine telecommunications cable system that extends from the US Virgin Islands through Aruba to Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and the west coast of South America; extensive interisland microwave radio relay links (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 16, shortwave 0 (2004)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (1997)

Internet country code:

.aw

Internet hosts:

25,051 (2009) country comparison to the world: 95

Internet users:

24,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 184

Transportation ::Aruba

Airports:

1 (2009) country comparison to the world: 211

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2009)

Ports and terminals:

Barcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas

Military ::Aruba

Military branches:

no regular military forces; the Netherlands maintains a detachment of marines, a frigate, and an amphibious combat detachment in the neighboring Netherlands Antilles (2009)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16–49: 24,585

females age 16–49: 25,742 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16–49: 20,287

females age 16–49: 21,232 (2009 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 722

female: 711 (2009 est.)

Military - note:

defense is the responsibility of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Transnational Issues ::Aruba

Disputes - international:

none

Illicit drugs:

transit point for US- and Europe-bound narcotics with some accompanying money-laundering activity; relatively high percentage of population consumes cocaine

page last updated on November 10, 2009

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@Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia-Oceania)

Introduction ::Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Background:

These uninhabited islands came under Australian authority in 1931; formal administration began two years later. Ashmore Reef supports a rich and diverse avian and marine habitat; in 1983, it became a National Nature Reserve. Cartier Island, a former bombing range, became a marine reserve in 2000.

Geography ::Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Location:

Southeastern Asia, islands in the Indian Ocean, midway between northwestern Australia and Timor island

Geographic coordinates: