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Compare Akrotiri (2006) - Wallis and Futuna (2005)

Compare Akrotiri (2006) z Wallis and Futuna (2005)

 Akrotiri (2006)Wallis and Futuna (2005)
 AkrotiriWallis and Futuna
Administrative divisions - none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three kingdoms at the second order named Alo, Sigave, Wallis
Age structure - 0-14 years: NA


15-64 years: NA


65 years and over: NA
Agriculture - products - breadfruit, yams, taro, bananas; pigs, goats
Airports - 2 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways - total: 1


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways - total: 1


914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Area total: 123 sq km


note: includes a salt lake and wetlands		 total: 274 sq km


land: 274 sq km


water: 0 sq km


note: includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets
Area - comparative about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC 1.5 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. Although discovered by the Dutch and the British in the 17th and 18th centuries, it was the French who declared a protectorate over the islands in 1842. In 1959, the inhabitants of the islands voted to become a French overseas territory.
Birth rate - NA births/1,000 population
Budget - revenues: $20 million


expenditures: $17 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1998 est.)
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		 Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)
Climate temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October); rains 2,500-3,000 mm per year (80% humidity); average temperature 26.6 degrees C
Coastline 56.3 km 129 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: Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands


conventional short form: Wallis and Futuna


local long form: Territoire des Iles Wallis et Futuna


local short form: Wallis et Futuna
Death rate - NA deaths/1,000 population
Debt - external - $NA
Dependency status overseas territory of UK; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus overseas territory of France
Diplomatic representation from the US none (overseas territory of the UK) none (overseas territory of France)
Diplomatic representation in the US none (overseas territory of the UK) none (overseas territory of France)
Disputes - international - none
Economic aid - recipient - assistance from France
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. The economy is limited to traditional subsistence agriculture, with about 80% labor force earnings from agriculture (coconuts and vegetables), livestock (mostly pigs), and fishing. About 4% of the population is employed in government. Revenues come from French Government subsidies, licensing of fishing rights to Japan and South Korea, import taxes, and remittances from expatriate workers in New Caledonia.
Electricity - consumption - NA kWh
Electricity - exports - 0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports - 0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - production - NA kWh
Elevation extremes - lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m


highest point: Mont Singavi 765 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 deforestation (only small portions of the original forests remain) largely as a result of the continued use of wood as the main fuel source; as a consequence of cutting down the forests, the mountainous terrain of Futuna is particularly prone to erosion; there are no permanent settlements on Alofi because of the lack of natural fresh water resources
Ethnic groups - Polynesian
Exchange rates - Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar - 96.04 (2004), 105.66 (2003), 126.71 (2002), 133.26 (2001), 129.43 (2000)
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 High Administrator Xavier DE FURST (since 18 January 2005)


head of government: President of the Territorial Assembly Patalione KANIMOA (since NA January 2001)


cabinet: Council of the Territory consists of three kings and three members appointed by the high administrator on the advice of the Territorial Assembly


note: there are three traditional kings with limited powers


elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; high administrator appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; the presidents of the Territorial Government and the Territorial Assembly are elected by the members of the assembly
Exports - $250,000 f.o.b. (1999)
Exports - commodities - copra, chemicals, construction materials
Exports - partners - Italy 40%, Croatia 15%, US 14%, Denmark 13%
Fiscal year - calendar year
Flag description the flag of the UK is used a large white modified Maltese cross - shifted a little off center toward the fly and slightly downward - on a red background; the flag of France outlined in white on two sides is in the upper hoist quadrant; the flag of France is used for official occasions
GDP - composition by sector - agriculture: NA%


industry: NA%


services: NA%
GDP - per capita - purchasing power parity - $3,800 (2004 est.)
GDP - real growth rate - NA%
Geographic coordinates 34 37 N, 32 58 E 13 18 S, 176 12 W
Geography - note British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus both island groups have fringing reefs
Highways - total: 120 km (Ile Uvea 100 km, Ile Futuna 20 km)


paved: 16 km (all on Ile Uvea)


unpaved: 104 km (Ile Uvea 84 km, Ile Futuna 20 km)
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%: NA%


highest 10%: NA%
Imports - $300,000 f.o.b. (1999)
Imports - commodities - chemicals, machinery, passenger ships, consumer goods
Imports - partners - France 97%, Australia 2%, New Zealand 1%
Independence - none (overseas territory of France)
Industrial production growth rate - NA%
Industries - copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber
Infant mortality rate - total: NA


male: NA


female: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices) - NA%
International organization participation - FZ, UPU
Irrigated land - NA sq km
Judicial branch - none; justice generally administered under French law by the high administrator, but the three traditional kings administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu
Labor force - NA
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture, livestock, and fishing 80%, government 4% (2001 est.)
Land boundaries total: 47.4 km


border countries: Cyprus 47.4 km		 0 km
Land use - arable land: 5%


permanent crops: 25%


other: 70% (2001)
Languages English, Greek Wallisian 58.9% (indigenous Polynesian language), Futunian 30.1%, French 10.8%, other 0.2% (2003 census)
Legal system the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply French legal system
Legislative branch - unicameral Territorial Assembly or Assemblee Territoriale (20 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)


elections: last held 11 March 2002 (next to be held March 2007)


election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR and affiliates 13, Socialists and affiliates 7


note: Wallis and Futuna elects one senator to the French Senate and one deputy to the French National Assembly; French Senate - elections last held 27 September 1998 (next to be held by September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats - RPR (now UMP) 1; French National Assembly - elections last held 16 June 2002 (next to be held by NA 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats - RPR (UMP) 1
Life expectancy at birth - total population: NA years


male: NA years


female: NA years
Literacy - definition: age 15 and over can read and write


total population: 50%


male: 50%


female: 50% (1969 est.)
Location peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Map references Middle East Oceania
Maritime claims - territorial sea: 12 nm


exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Merchant marine - total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 74,754 GRT/1,187 DWT


by type: passenger 4


foreign-owned: 4 (France 3, United States 1) (2005)
Military - note Akrotiri has a full RAF base, Headquarters for British Forces on Cyprus, and Episkopi Support Unit defense is the responsibility of France
National holiday - Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
Nationality - noun: Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders


adjective: Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander
Natural hazards - NA
Natural resources - NEGL
Net migration rate - NA migrant(s)/1,000 population


note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2005 est.)
Political parties and leaders - Lua Kae Tahi (Giscardians) [leader NA]; Mouvement des Radicaux de Gauche or MRG [leader NA]; Rally for the Republic or RPR [Clovis LOGOLOGOFOLAU]; Taumu'a Lelei [Soane Muni UHILA]; Union Populaire Locale or UPL [Falakiko GATA]; Union Pour la Democratie Francaise or UDF [leader NA]
Political pressure groups and leaders - NA
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		 16,025 (July 2005 est.)
Population below poverty line - NA%
Population growth rate - NA%
Ports and harbors - Leava, Mata-Utu
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 0, shortwave 0 (2000)
Religions - Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%
Suffrage - 18 years of age; universal
Telephone system - general assessment: NA


domestic: NA


international: country code - 681
Telephones - main lines in use - 1,900 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular - 0 (1994)
Television broadcast stations British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia (2006) 2 (2000)
Terrain - volcanic origin; low hills
Total fertility rate - NA children born/woman
Unemployment rate - NA%
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