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  1. Antarctica Category: Transportation - Ports and terminals: there are no developed ports and harbors in Antarctica; most coastal stations have offshore anchorages, and supplies are transferred from ship to shore by small boats, barges, and helicopters; a few stations have a basic wharf facility; US coastal stations include McMurdo (77 51 S, 166 40 E), and Palmer (64 43 S, 64 03 W); government use only except by permit (see Permit Office under "Legal System"); all ships at port are subject to inspection in accordance with Article 7, Antarctic Treaty; offshore anchorage is sparse and intermittent; relevant legal instruments and authorization procedures adopted by the states parties to the Antarctic Treaty regulating access to the Antarctic Treaty area, to all areas between 60 and 90 degrees of latitude south, have to be complied with (see "Legal System"); The Hydrographic Committee on Antarctica (HCA), a special hydrographic commission of International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), is responsible for hydrographic surveying and nautical charting matters in Antarctic Treaty area; it coordinates and facilitates provision of accurate and appropriate charts and other aids to navigation in support of safety of navigation in region; membership of HCA is open to any IHO Member State whose government has acceded to the Antarctic Treaty and which contributes resources and/or data to IHO Chart coverage of the area; members of HCA are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, NZ, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Spain, UK, and US (2007)

  2. Sri Lanka Category: Economy - Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: $NA

  3. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Category: Geography - Irrigated land (sq km): 0 sq km

  4. Montenegro Category: Economy - Natural gas - consumption (cu m): NA cu m (2005)

  5. Oman Category: People - Total fertility rate (children born/woman): 5.62 children born/woman (2008 estimate)

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  1. Philippines Category: Economy - Debt - external: .48 billion (31 September 2008 estimate)

  2. Libya Category: Communications - Telephone system: general assessment: telecommunications system is state-owned and service is poor, but investment is being made to upgrade; state retains monopoly in fixed-line services; mobile cellular telephone system became operational in 1996; multiple providers for a mobile telephone system that is growing rapidly; combined fixed line and mobile telephone density approached 90 telephones per 100 persons in 2007; domestic: microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, cellular, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations; international: country code - 218; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat, NA Arabsat, and NA Intersputnik; submarine cables to France and Italy; microwave radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt; tropospheric scatter to Greece; participant in Medarabtel (2007)

  3. French Guiana Category: Economy - Electricity - imports (kWh): 0 kWh (2003)

  4. Bosnia and Herzegovina Category: Economy - Industrial production growth rate (%): 6.3% (2008 estimate)

  5. Kiribati Category: People - HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

Guinea-Bissau Facts Info Stuff (GW):

Guinea-Bissau Latitude Facts: 11.85 and Guinea-Bissau Longitude Facts: -15.58

More World Country Facts:

  1. Morocco Category: Transportation - Pipelines (km): gas 830 km; oil 439 km (2008)

  2. Suriname Category: Communications - Television broadcast stations: 3 (plus 7 repeaters) (2000)

  3. Dhekelia Category: Economy - Industries: none

  4. Barbados Category: Economy - Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m): 141.6 million cu m (1 January 2008 estimate)

  5. Congo, Democratic Republic of the Category: Geography - Total renewable water resources (cu km): 1,283 cu km (2001)

Guinea-Bissau Regions are: Bissau

Various World Country Facts:

  1. Indian Ocean Category: Geography - Natural hazards: occasional icebergs pose navigational hazard in southern reaches

  2. Monaco Category: People - Languages (%): French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque

  3. Reunion Category: Communications - Telephone system: general assessment: adequate system; principal center is Saint-Denis; domestic: modern open-wire and microwave radio relay network; international: country code - 262; radiotelephone communication to Comoros, France, Madagascar; new microwave route to Mauritius; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); fiber optic submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC/SAFE) provides connectivity to Europe and Asia

  4. Solomon Islands Category: People - Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births): total: 19.67 deaths/1,000 live births; male: 22.36 deaths/1,000 live births; female: 16.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 estimate)

  5. Svalbard Category: Government - Government type: NA



Source: CIA - The World Factbook

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