Compare Akrotiri (2006) - Guadeloupe (2006)

Compare Akrotiri (2006) z Guadeloupe (2006)

	Akrotiri (2006)	Guadeloupe (2006)

Administrative divisions	-	none (overseas department of France)
Age structure	-	0-14 years: 23.6% (male 54,725/female 52,348) 15-64 years: 67.1% (male 150,934/female 153,094) 65 years and over: 9.2% (male 17,353/female 24,322) (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products	-	bananas, sugarcane, tropical fruits and vegetables; cattle, pigs, goats
Airports	-	9 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways	-	total: 8 over 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 5 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways	-	total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2006)
Area	total: 123 sq km note: includes a salt lake and wetlands	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	about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC	10 times the size of Washington, DC
Background	By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers - Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The southernmost and smallest of these is the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Western Sovereign Base Area.	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
Birth rate	-	15.05 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Budget	-	revenues: $637.7 million expenditures: $680.1 million; including capital expenditures of $112.5 million (2002)
Capital	name: Episkopi Cantonment; also serves as capital of Dhekelia geographic coordinates: 34 40 N, 32 51 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October	name: Basse-Terre geographic coordinates: 16 00 N, 61 44 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Climate	temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters	subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity
Coastline	56.3 km	306 km
Constitution	Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, effective 16 August 1960	4 October 1958 (French Constitution)
Country name	conventional long form: Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area conventional short form: Akrotiri	conventional long form: Department of Guadeloupe conventional short form: Guadeloupe local long form: Departement de la Guadeloupe local short form: Guadeloupe
Death rate	-	6.09 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Debt - external	-	$NA
Dependency status	overseas territory of UK; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus	overseas department of France
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (overseas territory of the UK)	none (overseas department of France)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (overseas territory of the UK)	none (overseas department of France)
Disputes - international	-	none
Economic aid - recipient	-	$NA; note - substantial annual French subsidies (2004)
Economy - overview	Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Akrotiri. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.	This 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.
Electricity - consumption	-	1.084 billion kWh (2003)
Electricity - exports	-	0 kWh (2003)
Electricity - imports	-	0 kWh (2003)
Electricity - production	-	1.165 billion kWh (2003)
Elevation extremes	-	lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Soufriere 1,484 m
Environment - current issues	shooting around the salt lake; note - breeding place for loggerhead and green turtles; only remaining colony of griffon vultures is on the base	NA
Ethnic groups	-	black or mulatto 90%, white 5%, East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese less than 5%
Exchange rates	-	euros per US dollar - 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 j(2001)
Executive branch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Administrator Air Vice-Marshal Richard LACEY (since 26 April 2006); note - reports to the British Ministry of Defence elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; the administrator is appointed by the monarch	chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Jean-Jacques BROT (since 12 June 2006) 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
Exports	-	NA bbl/day
Exports - commodities	-	bananas, sugar, rum, melons, spring water
Exports - partners	-	France 60%, Martinique 18%, US 4% (2004)
Fiscal year	-	calendar year
Flag description	the flag of the UK is used	unofficial, local flag based upon the arms of the city of Pointe-a-Pitre; the field is divided horizontally with a narrow, blue stripe along the top edge charged with three gold fleurs-de-lis; the wider, lower portion of the field is black and charged with green sugar cane leaves - representing one of Guadeloupe's main crops - surmounted by a gold radiant sun representing the tropical climate; the only official flag is the national flag of France
GDP - composition by sector	-	agriculture: 15% industry: 17% services: 68% (2002 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	-	NA%
Geographic coordinates	34 37 N, 32 58 E	16 15 N, 61 35 W
Geography - note	British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus	a narrow channel, the Riviere Salee, divides Guadeloupe proper into two islands: the larger, western Basse-Terre and the smaller, eastern Grande-Terre
Household income or consumption by percentage share	-	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Imports	-	NA bbl/day
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% (2004)
Independence	-	none (overseas department of France)
Industrial production growth rate	-	NA%
Industries	-	construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism
Infant mortality rate	-	total: 8.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	-	NA%
International organization participation	-	UPU, WCL, WFTU
Irrigated land	-	60 sq km (2003)
Judicial branch	-	Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique
Labor force	-	191,400 (1999)
Labor force - by occupation	-	agriculture: 15% industry: 20% services: 65% (2002)
Land boundaries	total: 47.4 km border countries: Cyprus 47.4 km	total: 15 km border countries: Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 15 km
Land use	-	arable land: 11.7% permanent crops: 2.92% other: 85.38% (2005)
Languages	English, Greek	French (official) 99%, Creole patois
Legal system	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply	French legal system
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 in 2010); Regional Council - last held 28 March 2004 (next to be held in March 2008 to elect half of the body) 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 June 2007); percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 2, PS 1, different right parties 1
Life expectancy at birth	-	total population: 78.06 years male: 74.91 years female: 81.37 years (2006 est.)
Literacy	-	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90% male: 90% female: 90% (1982 est.)
Location	peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus	Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Puerto Rico
Map references	Middle East	Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims	-	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Military - note	Akrotiri has a full RAF base, Headquarters for British Forces on Cyprus, and Episkopi Support Unit	defense is the responsibility of France
Military branches	-	no regular military forces
National holiday	-	Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
Nationality	-	noun: Guadeloupian(s) adjective: Guadeloupe
Natural hazards	-	hurricanes (June to October); Soufriere de Guadeloupe is an active volcano
Natural resources	-	cultivable land, beaches and climate that foster tourism
Net migration rate	-	-0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
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 [Jules OTTO]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Claudine LACAVE]; Union for a Popular Movement or UMP (including Rassemblement pour la Republique or RPR) [Gabrielle LOUIS-CARABIN]
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
Population	no indigenous inhabitants note: approximately 1,300 military personnel are on the base; there are another 5,000 British citizens who are families of military personnel or civilian staff on both Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Cyprus citizens work on the base, but do not live there	452,776 (July 2006 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA%
Population growth rate	-	0.88% (2006 est.)
Radio broadcast stations	FM 1 note: British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia (2006)	AM 1, FM 17, shortwave 0 (1998)
Religions	-	Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant 1%
Sex ratio	-	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
Suffrage	-	18 years of age; universal
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
Telephones - main lines in use	-	210,000 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular	-	314,700 (2004)
Television broadcast stations	British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia (2006)	5 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)
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
Total fertility rate	-	1.9 children born/woman (2006 est.)
Unemployment rate	-	26.9% (2003)

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