(alumina and bauxite account for more than half of exports) and
tourism. Since assuming office in 1992, Prime Minister PATTERSON has
consolidated the market-oriented reforms initiated by his
predecessor, Michael MANLEY, to make Jamaica a regional leader in
economic reform. PATTERSON has eliminated most price controls,
streamlined tax schedules, and privatized government enterprises.
Tight monetary and fiscal policies under an IMF program have helped
slow inflation and stabilize the exchange rate, but, as a result,
economic growth has slowed down and unemployment remains high.
Jamaica's medium-term prospects depend largely on its ability to
continue to attract foreign capital and limit speculation against
the Jamaican dollar.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $8.2 billion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 0.8% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $3,200 (1995 est.)
GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: 7.9%
industry: 28.1%
services: 64% (1993 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 25.5% (1995)
Labor force: 1,062,100
by occupation: services 41%, agriculture 22.5%, industry 19%,
unemployed 17.5% (1989)
Unemployment rate: 15.4% (1994 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $1.45 billion
expenditures: $2 billion, including capital expenditures of $732
million (FY95/96 est.)
Industries: bauxite, tourism, textiles, food processing, light
manufactures
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity:
capacity: 730,000 kW
production: 2.6 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 988 kWh (1993)
Agriculture: sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, potatoes,
vegetables; poultry, goats, milk
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for cocaine from Central and
South America to North America and Europe; illicit cultivation of
cannabis; government has an active cannabis eradication program
Exports: $2 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities: alumina, bauxite, sugar, bananas, rum
partners: US 47%, UK 11%, Canada 9%, Norway 7%, France 4% (1993)
Imports: $2.7 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities: machinery and transport equipment, construction
materials, fuel, food, chemicals
partners: US 54%, Japan 4.0%, Mexico 6%, UK 4%, Venezuela 3% (1993)
External debt: $3.6 billion (1994 est.)
Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $239 million (1993)
Currency: 1 Jamaican dollar (J$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Jamaican dollars (J$) per US$1 - 39.86 (December
1995), 33.086 (1994), 24.949 (1993), 22.960 (1992), 12.116 (1991)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
Transportation
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Railways:
total: 272 km
standard gauge: 272 km 1.435-m gauge; note - 207 km belonging to the
Jamaica Railway Corporation which were in common carrier service are
no longer operational; the remaining track is privately owned and
used to transport bauxite
Highways:
total: 18,094 km
paved: 12,528 km
unpaved: 5,566 km (1988 est.)
Pipelines: petroleum products 10 km
Ports: Alligator Pond, Discovery Bay, Kingston, Montego Bay, Ocho
Rios, Port Antonio, Longs Wharf, Rocky Point
Merchant marine:
total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,435 GRT/6,105 DWT
ships by type: oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 27
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 2
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 3
with paved runways under 914 m: 21
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1 (1995 est.)
Communications
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Telephones: 212,257 (1991 est.)
Telephone system: fully automatic domestic telephone network
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean); 3 coaxial submarine cables
Radio broadcast stations: AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 0
Radios: 1.04 million (1992 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 8
Televisions: 330,000 (1992 est.)
Defense
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Branches: Jamaica Defense Force (includes Ground Forces, Coast
Guard and Air Wing), Jamaica Constabulary Force
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 680,965
males fit for military service: 481,616
males reach military age (18) annually: 25,810 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $30 million, NA%
of GDP (FY95/96)
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@Jan Mayen
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(territory of Norway)
Map
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Location: 71 00 N, 8 00 W -- Northern Europe, island between the
Greenland Sea and the Norwegian Sea, northeast of Iceland
Flag
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Description: the flag of Norway is used
Geography
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Location: Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and
the Norwegian Sea, northeast of Iceland
Geographic coordinates: 71 00 N, 8 00 W
Map references: Arctic Region
Area:
total area: 373 sq km
land area: 373 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 124.1 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 10 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 4 nm
International disputes: none
Climate: arctic maritime with frequent storms and persistent fog
Terrain: volcanic island, partly covered by glaciers
lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point: Haakon VII Toppen (Beerenberg) 2,277 m
Natural resources: none
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: NA
natural hazards: dominated by the volcano Beerenberg; volcanic
activity resumed in 1970
international agreements: NA
Geographic note: barren volcanic island with some moss and grass
People
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Population: no permanent inhabitants; note - there are personnel
who man the Long Range Navigation (LORAN) C base and the weather and
coastal services radio station
Government
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Name of country:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Jan Mayen
Data code: JN
Type of government: territory of Norway
Capital: none
Independence: none (territory of Norway)
Executive branch: administered from Oslo, Norway, through a
governor (sysselmann) resident in Longyearbyen (Svalbard); however,
authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian
Defense Communication Service
Flag: the flag of Norway is used
Economy
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Economic overview: Jan Mayen is a volcanic island with no
exploitable natural resources. Economic activity is limited to
providing services for employees of Norway's radio and
meteorological stations located on the island.
Electricity:
capacity: 15,000 kW
production: 40 million kWh
consumption per capita: NA kWh (1992)
Transportation
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Highways:
total: NA km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only
Airports:
total: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1 (1995 est.)
Communications
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Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: NA
Radio broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
note: radio and meteorological station
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: NA
Televisions: NA
Defense
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Defense note: defense is the responsibility of Norway
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@Japan
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Map
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Location: 36 00 N, 138 00 E -- Eastern Asia, island chain between
the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean
Peninsula
Flag
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Description: white with a large red disk (representing the sun
without rays) in the center
Geography
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Location: Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific
Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
Geographic coordinates: 36 00 N, 138 00 E
Map references: Asia
Area:
total area: 377,835 sq km
land area: 374,744 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than California
note: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto,
Minami-jima, Okinotori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and
Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 29,751 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm; 3 nm in the international straits - La
Perouse or Soya, Tsugaru, Osumi, and Eastern and Western Channels of
the Korea or Tsushima Strait
International disputes: islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan,
and the Habomai group occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945, now
administered by Russia, claimed by Japan; Liancourt Rocks disputed
with South Korea; Senkaku-shoto (Senkaku Islands) claimed by China
and Taiwan
Climate: varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous
lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point: Fujiyama 3,776 m
Natural resources: negligible mineral resources, fish
Land use:
arable land: 13%
permanent crops: 1%
meadows and pastures: 1%
forest and woodland: 67%
other: 18%
Irrigated land: 28,680 sq km (1989)
Environment:
current issues: air pollution from power plant emissions results in
acid rain; acidification of lakes and reservoirs degrading water
quality and threatening aquatic life; Japan's appetite for fish and
tropical timber is contributing to the depletion of these resources
in Asia and elsewhere
natural hazards: many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500
seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis
international agreements: party to - Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,
Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer
Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94,
Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Tropical Timber 94
Geographic note: strategic location in northeast Asia
People
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Population: 125,449,703 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 16% (male 10,121,414; female 9,644,243)
15-64 years: 69% (male 43,624,464; female 43,359,249)
65 years and over: 15% (male 7,737,781; female 10,962,552) (July
1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.21% (1996 est.)
Birth rate: 10.19 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate: 7.71 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
all ages: 0.96 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 79.55 years
male: 76.57 years
female: 82.68 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.46 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Japanese
Ethnic divisions: Japanese 99.4%, other 0.6% (mostly Korean)
Religions: observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16%
(including Christian 0.7%)
Languages: Japanese
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)
total population: 99%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Government
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Name of country:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Japan
Data code: JA
Type of government: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Tokyo
Administrative divisions: 47 prefectures; Aichi, Akita, Aomori,
Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gumma, Hiroshima,
Hokkaido, Hyogo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima,
Kanagawa, Kochi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano,
Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga,
Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo,
Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi
Independence: 660 BC (traditional founding by Emperor Jimmu)
National holiday: Birthday of the Emperor, 23 December (1933)
Constitution: 3 May 1947
Legal system: modeled after European civil law system with
English-American influence; judicial review of legislative acts in
the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with
reservations
Suffrage: 20 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: Emperor AKIHITO (since 7 January 1989) is a
constitutional monarch
head of government: Prime Minister Ryutaro HASHIMOTO (since 11
January 1996) and Deputy Prime Minister Wataru KUBO (since 11
January 1996) were designated by the Diet and appointed by the
emperor
cabinet: Cabinet was appointed by the prime minister
Legislative branch: bicameral Diet (Kokkai)
House of Councillors (Sangi-in): half of the members elected every
three years to six-year terms; elections last held 23 July 1995
(next to be held NA 1998); results - percent of vote by party NA;
seats - (252 total, with 126 up for election) LDP 110 (49 newly
won), Shinshinto 56 (40 newly won), SDP 38 (16 newly won), JCP 14 (8
newly won), Sakigate 3 (3 newly won), others 19 (4 newly won),
independents 12 (6 newly won); note - the distribution of seats as
of 1 March 1996 is as follows - LDP 111, Heisei-kai 69, SDP 35, JCP
14, Sakigake 3, others and independents 19, vacancies 1
House of Representatives (Shugi-in): all members elected every four
years to four-year terms; elections last held 18 July 1993 (next to
be held by July 1997); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats
- (511 total) LDP 223, SDP 70, Shinseito 55, Komeito 51, JNP 35, JCP
15, DSP 15, Sakigake 13, others 4, independents 30; note - the
distribution of seats as of 1 March 1996 is as follows - LDP 207,
Shinshinto 170, SDP 63, Sakigake 22, JCP 15, others and independents
19, vacant 15
Judicial branch: Supreme Court, chief justice is appointed by the
emperor after designation by the cabinet, all other justices are
appointed by the cabinet
Political parties and leaders: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),
Ryutaro HASHIMOTO, president and Koichi KATO, secretary general;
Social Democratic Party (SDP), Tomiichi MURAYAMA, president and
Kanju SATO, secretary general; Sakigake (Harbinger), Masayoshi
TAKEMURA, chairman and Yukio HATOYAMA, secretary general; Shinshinto
(New Frontier Party, NFP), Ichiro OZAWA, chairman and Takashi
YONEZAWA, secretary general; Japan Communist Party (JCP), Tetsuzo
FUWA, presidium chairman
note: Shinshinto was formed in December 1994 by the merger of
Shinseito (Japan Renewal Party, JRP), Komeito (Clean Government
Party, CGP), Japan New Party (JNP), Democratic Socialist Party
(DSP), and several minor groups; Heisei-kai is a joint bloc of
Shinshinto and Komei members; Komei is a group formed from what
remains of Komeito in the upper house
International organization participation: AfDB, AG (observer),
APEC, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CP, EBRD, ESCAP, FAO, G- 2,
G- 5, G- 7, G- 8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM,
IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC,
IOM, ISO, ITU, MTCR, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OSCE (partner),
PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNRWA, UNU, UPU,
WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Kunihiko SAITO
chancery: 2520 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 939-6700
FAX: [1] (202) 328-2187
consulate(s) general: Agana (Guam), Anchorage, Atlanta, Boston,
Chicago, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City (Missouri), Los
Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Portland (Oregon), San
Francisco, and Seattle
consulate(s): Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Walter F. MONDALE
embassy: 10-5, Akasaka 1-chome, Minato-ku (107), Tokyo
mailing address: Unit 45004, Box 258, APO AP 96337-0001
telephone: [81] (3) 3224-5000
FAX: [81] (3) 3505-1862
consulate(s) general: Naha (Okinawa), Osaka-Kobe, Sapporo
consulate(s): Fukuoka, Nagoya
Flag: white with a large red disk (representing the sun without
rays) in the center
Economy
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Economic overview: Government-industry cooperation, a strong work
ethic, mastery of high technology, and a comparatively small defense
allocation (roughly 1% of GDP) have helped Japan advance with
extraordinary rapidity to the rank of second most powerful economy
in the world. One notable characteristic of the economy is the
working together of manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors in
closely knit groups called keiretsu. A second basic feature has been
the guarantee of lifetime employment for a substantial portion of
the urban labor force; this guarantee is slowly eroding. Industry,
the most important sector of the economy, is heavily dependent on
imported raw materials and fuels. The much smaller agricultural
sector is highly subsidized and protected, with crop yields among
the highest in the world. Usually self-sufficient in rice, Japan
must import about 50% of its requirements of other grain and fodder
crops. Japan maintains one of the world's largest fishing fleets and
accounts for nearly 15% of the global catch. For three decades
overall economic growth had been spectacular: a 10% average in the
1960s, a 5% average in the 1970s and 1980s. Growth came to a halt in
1992-95 largely because of the aftereffects of overinvestment during
the late 1980s and contractionary domestic policies intended to
wring speculative excesses from the stock and real estate markets.
At yearend 1995, the financial structure is shaky with banks holding
hundreds of billions of dollars of suspect assets. At the same time,
the continued basic strength of the economy has been reflected in
substantial trade surpluses, sizable foreign investments, and
remarkably low rates of unemployment, inflation, and social
disorder. The crowding of the habitable land area and the aging of
the population are two major long-run problems.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $2.6792 trillion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 0.3% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $21,300 (1995 est.)
GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: 2.1%
industry: 40.2%
services: 57.7% (1994)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): -0.1% (1995)
Labor force: 65.87 million (December 1994)
by occupation: trade and services 54%, manufacturing, mining, and
construction 33%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 7%, government
3%, other 3% (1988)
Unemployment rate: 3.1% (1995)
Budget:
revenues: $595 billion
expenditures: $829 billion, including capital expenditures (public
works only) of about $122 billion (1995 est.)
Industries: among world's largest and technologically advanced
producers of steel and non-ferrous metallurgy, heavy electrical
equipment, construction and mining equipment, motor vehicles and
parts, electronic and telecommunication equipment, machine tools,
automated production systems, locomotives and railroad rolling
stock, ships, chemicals; textiles, processed foods
Industrial production growth rate: 3.3% (1995)
Electricity:
capacity: 205,140,000 kW (1993)
production: 915 billion kWh (1995)
consumption per capita: 7,293 kWh (1995)
Agriculture: rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit; pork, poultry,
dairy products, eggs; world's largest fish catch of 10 million
metric tons in 1991
Exports: $442.84 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities: manufactures 97% (including machinery 46%, motor
vehicles 20%, consumer electronics 10%)
partners: Southeast Asia 38%, US 27%, Western Europe 17%, China 5%
Imports: $336.09 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities: manufactures 52%, fossil fuels 20%, foodstuffs and raw
materials 28%
partners: Southeast Asia 25%, US 22%, Western Europe 16%, China 11%
External debt: $NA
Economic aid:
donor: ODA, $11.259 billion (1993)
note: ODA and OOF commitments (1970-95), $143 billion
Currency: yen (Y)
Exchange rates: yen (Y) per US$1 - 105.84 (January 1996), 94.06
(1995), 102.21 (1994), 111.20 (1993), 126.65 (1992), 134.71 (1991)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
Transportation
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Railways:
total: 26,506 km
standard gauge: 3,233 km 1.435-m gauge (entirely electrified)
narrow gauge: 72 km 1.372-m gauge (72 km electrified); 23,154 km
1.067-m gauge (13,835 km electrified); 47 km 0.762-m gauge (47 km
electrified) (1994)
Highways:
total: 1,112,844 km
paved: 790,119 km (including 5,054 km of expressways)
unpaved: 322,725 km (1992 est.)
Waterways: about 1,770 km; seagoing craft ply all coastal inland
seas
Pipelines: crude oil 84 km; petroleum products 322 km; natural gas
1,800 km
Ports: Akita, Amagasaki, Chiba, Hachinohe, Hakodate,
Higashi-Harima, Himeji, Hiroshima, Kawasaki, Kinuura, Kobe, Kushiro,
Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Sakai, Sakaide, Shimizu, Tokyo,
Tomakomai
Merchant marine:
total: 796 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 15,944,137
GRT/23,662,930 DWT
ships by type: bulk 192, cargo 57, chemical tanker 6, combination
bulk 2, combination ore/oil 6, container 38, liquefied gas tanker
39, oil tanker 259, passenger 9, passenger-cargo 3, refrigerated
cargo 35, roll-on/roll-off cargo 43, short-sea passenger 28,
specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 77
note: Japan owns an additional 1,587 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
totaling 50,072,815 DWT operating under the registries of Panama,
Liberia, Vanuatu, The Bahamas, Singapore, Cyprus, Philippines, Hong
Kong, and Malta (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 164
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 6
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 32
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 34
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 30
with paved runways under 914 m: 60
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2 (1995 est.)
Heliports: 11 (1995 est.)
Communications
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Telephones: 64 million (1987 est.)
Telephone system: excellent domestic and international service
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Pacific
Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean Region), and
1 Inmarsat (Pacific and Indian Ocean Regions); submarine cables to
China, Philippines, Russia, and US (via Guam)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 318, FM 58, shortwave 0
Radios: 97 million (1993 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 12,350 (1 kW or greater 196)
Televisions: 100 million (1993 est.)
Defense
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Branches: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (Army), Japan Maritime
Self-Defense Force (Navy), Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Air Force)
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 31,833,691
males fit for military service: 27,322,517
males reach military age (18) annually: 858,912 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $50.2 billion, 1%
of GDP (FY95/96)
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@Jarvis Island
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(territory of the US)
Map
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Location: 0 22 S, 160 03 W -- Oceania, island in the South Pacific
Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to the Cook Islands
Flag
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Description: the flag of the US is used
Geography
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Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, about
one-half of the way from Hawaii to the Cook Islands
Geographic coordinates: 0 22 S, 160 03 W
Map references: Oceania
Area:
total area: 4.5 sq km
land area: 4.5 sq km
comparative area: about eight times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 8 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm
International disputes: none
Climate: tropical; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun
Terrain: sandy, coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 23 m
Natural resources: guano (deposits worked until late 1800s)
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: no natural fresh water resources
natural hazards: the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can
be a maritime hazard
international agreements: NA
Geographic note: sparse bunch grass, prostrate vines, and
low-growing shrubs; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging
habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife; feral cats
People
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Population: uninhabited; note - Millersville settlement on western
side of island occasionally used as a weather station from 1935
until World War II, when it was abandoned; reoccupied in 1957 during
the International Geophysical Year by scientists who left in 1958;
public entry is by special-use permit only and generally restricted
to scientists and educators
Government
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Name of country:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Jarvis Island
Data code: DQ
Type of government: unincorporated territory of the US
administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department
of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System
Capital: none; administered from Washington, DC
Flag: the flag of the US is used