Compare Dhekelia (2005) - Western Sahara (2004)

Compare Dhekelia (2005) z Western Sahara (2004)

	Dhekelia (2005)	Western Sahara (2004)

Administrative divisions	-	none (under de facto control of Morocco)
Age structure	-	0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA
Agriculture - products	-	fruits and vegetables (grown in the few oases); camels, sheep, goats (kept by nomads)
Airports	-	11 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways	-	total: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways	-	total: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 3 (2004 est.)
Area	total: 130.8 sq km note: area surrounds three Cypriot enclaves	total: 266,000 sq km land: 266,000 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC	about the size of Colorado
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 in total: Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The larger of these is the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area.	Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976, and the rest of the territory in 1979, following Mauritania's withdrawal. A guerrilla war with the Polisario Front contesting Rabat's sovereignty ended in a 1991 UN-brokered cease-fire; a UN-organized referendum on final status has been repeatedly postponed.
Birth rate	-	NA births/1,000 population
Budget	-	revenues: NA expenditures: NA, including capital expenditures of NA
Capital	Episkopi Cantonment; located in Akrotiri	none
Climate	temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters	hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew
Coastline	27.5 km	1,110 km
Country name	conventional long form: Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area conventional short form: Dhekelia	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Western Sahara former: Spanish Sahara
Currency	-	Moroccan dirham (MAD)
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	-
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (overseas territory of the UK)	none
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (overseas territory of the UK)	none
Disputes - international	-	Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, whose sovereignty remains unresolved - UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991 but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties thus far have rejected all brokered proposals
Economic aid - recipient	-	NA
Economy - overview	Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Dhekelia. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.	Western Sahara depends on pastoral nomadism, fishing, and phosphate mining as the principal sources of income for the population. The territory lacks sufficient rainfall for sustainable agricultural production, and most of the food for the urban population must be imported. All trade and other economic activities are controlled by the Moroccan Government. Moroccan energy interests in 2001 signed contracts to explore for oil off the coast of Western Sahara, which has angered the Polisario. Incomes and standards of living in Western Sahara are substantially below the Moroccan level.
Electricity - consumption	-	83.7 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports	-	0 kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports	-	0 kWh (2001)
Electricity - production	-	90 million kWh (2001)
Elevation extremes	-	lowest point: Sebjet Tah -55 m highest point: unnamed location 463 m
Environment - current issues	netting and trapping of small migrant songbirds in the spring and autumn	sparse water and lack of arable land
Environment - international agreements	-	party to: none of the selected agreements signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Ethnic groups	-	Arab, Berber
Exchange rates	-	Moroccan dirhams per US dollar - 9.574 (2003), 11.584 (2002), 11.303 (2001), 10.626 (2000), 9.804 (1999)
Executive branch	chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Administrator Maj. Gen. Peter Tomas Clayton PEARSON (since 9 May 2003); note - reports to the British Ministry of Defence elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; the administrator is appointed by the monarch	none
Exports	-	NA (2001)
Exports - commodities	-	phosphates 62%
Exports - partners	-	Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts
Fiscal year	-	calendar year
Flag description	the flag of the UK is used	-
GDP	-	purchasing power parity - NA
GDP - composition by sector	-	agriculture: NA industry: NA services: 40% (1996 est.)
GDP - per capita	-	purchasing power parity - NA
GDP - real growth rate	-	NA
Geographic coordinates	34 59 N, 33 45 E	24 30 N, 13 00 W
Geography - note	British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus	the waters off the coast are particularly rich fishing areas
Highways	-	total: 6,200 km paved: 1,350 km unpaved: 4,850 km (1991 est)
Household income or consumption by percentage share	-	lowest 10%: NA highest 10%: NA
Imports	-	NA (2001)
Imports - commodities	-	fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs
Imports - partners	-	Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts (2000)
Industrial production growth rate	-	NA
Industries	none	phosphate mining, handicrafts
Infant mortality rate	-	total: NA male: NA female: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	-	NA
International organization participation	-	none
Irrigated land	-	NA sq km
Labor force	-	12,000
Labor force - by occupation	-	animal husbandry and subsistence farming 50%
Land boundaries	total: NA; note - boundary with Cyprus is being resurveyed	total: 2,046 km border countries: Algeria 42 km, Mauritania 1,561 km, Morocco 443 km
Land use	-	arable land: 0.02% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.98% (2001)
Languages	English, Greek	Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic
Legal system	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply	-
Life expectancy at birth	-	total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
Literacy	-	definition: NA total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Location	on the southeast coast of Cyprus near Famagusta	Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco
Map references	Middle East	Africa
Maritime claims	-	contingent upon resolution of sovereignty issue
Military - note	includes Dheklia Garrison and Ayios Nikolaos Station connected by a roadway	-
Military expenditures - dollar figure	-	NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	-	NA
Nationality	-	noun: Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s) adjective: Sahrawi,Sahrawian, Sahraouian
Natural hazards	-	hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind can occur during winter and spring; widespread harmattan haze exists 60% of time, often severely restricting visibility
Natural resources	-	phosphates, iron ore
Political pressure groups and leaders	-	none
Population	no indigenous personnel note: approximately 2,200 military personnel are on the base; there are another 5,000 British citizens who are families of military personnel or civilian staff on both the bases of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Cyprus citizens work on the base, but do not live there	267,405 (July 2004 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA
Population growth rate	-	NA
Ports and harbors	-	Ad Dakhla, Cabo Bojador, Laayoune (El Aaiun)
Radio broadcast stations	-	AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Religions	-	Muslim
Sex ratio	-	NA
Suffrage	-	none; a UN-sponsored voter identification campaign not yet completed
Telephone system	-	general assessment: sparse and limited system domestic: NA international: country code - 212; tied into Morocco's system by microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) linked to Rabat, Morocco
Telephones - main lines in use	-	about 2,000 (1999 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular	-	0 (1999)
Television broadcast stations	-	NA
Terrain	-	mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast
Total fertility rate	-	NA children born/woman
Unemployment rate	-	NA

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