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 Martinique (2001)Akrotiri (2004)
 MartiniqueAkrotiri
Administrative divisions none (overseas department of France) -
Age structure 0-14 years:
23.1% (male 49,016; female 47,653)

15-64 years:
66.77% (male 139,106; female 140,291)

65 years and over:
10.13% (male 18,893; female 23,495) (2001 est.)		 -
Agriculture - products pineapples, avocados, bananas, flowers, vegetables, sugarcane -
Airports 2 (2000 est.) -
Airports - with paved runways total:
1

over 3,047 m:
1 (2000 est.)		 -
Airports - with unpaved runways total:
1

under 914 m:
1 (2000 est.)		 -
Area total:
1,100 sq km

land:
1,060 sq km

water:
40 sq km		 total: 123 sq km


note: includes a salt lake and wetlands
Area - comparative slightly more than six times the size of Washington, DC about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
Background Colonized by France in 1635, the island has subsequently remained a French possession except for three brief periods of foreign occupation. By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovreignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers in total: 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.
Birth rate 15.76 births/1,000 population (2001 est.) -
Budget revenues:
$900 million

expenditures:
$2.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $140 million (1996)		 -
Capital Fort-de-France Episkopi; also serves as capital of Dhekelia
Climate tropical; moderated by trade winds; rainy season (June to October); vulnerable to devastating cyclones (hurricanes) every eight years on average; average temperature 17.3 degrees C; humid temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters
Coastline 350 km -
Constitution 28 September 1958 (French Constitution) -
Country name conventional long form:
Department of Martinique

conventional short form:
Martinique

local long form:
Departement de la Martinique

local short form:
Martinique		 conventional long form: Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area


conventional short form: Akrotiri
Currency French franc (FRF); euro (EUR) -
Death rate 6.39 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.) -
Debt - external $180 million (1994) -
Dependency status overseas department of France overseas territory of UK; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus
Diplomatic representation from the US none (overseas department of France) none (overseas territory of the UK)
Diplomatic representation in the US none (overseas department of France) none (overseas territory of the UK)
Disputes - international none -
Economic aid - recipient $NA; note - substantial annual aid from France -
Economy - overview The economy is based on sugarcane, bananas, tourism, and light industry. Agriculture accounts for about 6% of GDP and the small industrial sector for 11%. Sugar production has declined, with most of the sugarcane now used for the production of rum. Banana exports are increasing, going mostly to France. The bulk of meat, vegetable, and grain requirements must be imported, contributing to a chronic trade deficit that requires large annual transfers of aid from France. Tourism has become more important than agricultural exports as a source of foreign exchange. The majority of the work force is employed in the service sector and in administration. Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Akrotiri. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.
Electricity - consumption 1.023 billion kWh (1999) -
Electricity - exports 0 kWh (1999) -
Electricity - imports 0 kWh (1999) -
Electricity - production 1.1 billion kWh (1999) -
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel:
100%

hydro:
0%

nuclear:
0%

other:
0% (1999)		 -
Elevation extremes lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:
Montagne Pelee 1,397 m		 -
Environment - current issues NA shooting around the salt lake; note - breeding place for loggerhead and green turtles; only remaining colony of griffon vultures is on the base
Ethnic groups African and African-white-Indian mixture 90%, white 5%, East Indian, Chinese less than 5% -
Exchange rates euros per US dollar - 1.0659 (January 2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); French francs per US dollar - 5.8995 (1998), 5.8367 (1997), 5.1155 (1996) -
Executive branch chief of state:
President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995); Prefect Jean-Francois CORDET (since NA)

head of government:
President of the General Council Claude LISE (since 22 March 1992); President of the Regional Council Alfred MARIE-JEANNE (since NA March 1998)

cabinet:
NA

elections:
French president elected by popular vote for a seven-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		 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
Exports $250 million (f.o.b., 1997) -
Exports - commodities refined petroleum products, bananas, rum, pineapples -
Exports - partners France 45%, Guadeloupe 28% (1997) -
Fiscal year calendar year -
Flag description a light blue background is divided into four quadrants by a white cross; in the center of each rectangle is a white snake; the flag of France is used for official occasions the flag of the UK is used
GDP purchasing power parity - $4.39 billion (1997 est.) -
GDP - composition by sector agriculture:
6%

industry:
11%

services:
83% (1997 est.)		 -
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $11,000 (1997 est.) -
GDP - real growth rate NA% -
Geographic coordinates 14 40 N, 61 00 W 34 37 N, 32 58 E
Geography - note - British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus
Highways total:
2,105 km (2000)

paved:
NA km

unpaved:
NA km		 -
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%:
NA%

highest 10%:
NA%		 -
Illicit drugs transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for the US and Europe -
Imports $2 billion (c.i.f., 1997) -
Imports - commodities petroleum products, crude oil, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods -
Imports - partners France 62%, Venezuela 6%, Germany 4%, Italy 4%, US 3% (1997) -
Independence none (overseas department of France) -
Industrial production growth rate NA% -
Industries construction, rum, cement, oil refining, sugar, tourism -
Infant mortality rate 7.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.) -
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 3.9% (1990) -
International organization participation FZ, WCL, WFTU -
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 2 (2000) -
Irrigated land 40 sq km (1993 est.) -
Judicial branch Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel -
Labor force 170,000 (1997) -
Labor force - by occupation agriculture 10%, industry 17%, services 73% (1997) -
Land boundaries 0 km -
Land use arable land:
8%

permanent crops:
8%

permanent pastures:
17%

forests and woodland:
44%

other:
23% (1993 est.)		 -
Languages French, Creole patois -
Legal system French legal system the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply
Legislative branch unicameral General Council or Conseil General (45 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a unicameral Regional Assembly or Conseil Regional (41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)

elections:
General Council - last held NA March 2000 (next to be held NA 2006); Regional Assembly - last held on 15 March 1998 (next to be held by March 2004)

election results:
General Council - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; note - the PPM won a plurality; Regional Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR-UDF 14, MIM 13, PPM 7, left parties 4, PMS 3

note:
Martinique elects 2 seats to the French Senate; elections last held NA September 1998 (next to be held September 2001); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PPM 2; Martinique also elects 4 seats to the French National Assembly; elections last held 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR 2, PS 1, independent 1		 -
Life expectancy at birth total population:
78.41 years

male:
79.11 years

female:
77.69 years (2001 est.)		 -
Literacy definition:
age 15 and over can read and write

total population:
93%

male:
92%

female:
93% (1982 est.)		 -
Location Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Trinidad and Tobago peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus
Map references Central America and the Caribbean Middle East
Maritime claims exclusive economic zone:
200 NM

territorial sea:
12 NM		 -
Merchant marine none (2000 est.) -
Military - note defense is the responsibility of France Akrotiri has a full RAF base, Headquarters for British Forces on Cyprus, and Episkopi Support Unit
Military branches French forces (Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie -
National holiday Bastille Day, 14 July (1789) -
Nationality noun:
Martiniquais (singular and plural)

adjective:
Martiniquais		 -
Natural hazards hurricanes, flooding, and volcanic activity (an average of one major natural disaster every five years) -
Natural resources coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land -
Net migration rate -0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.) -
Political parties and leaders Martinique Independence Movement or MIM [Alfred MARIE-JEANNE]; Martinique Progressive Party or PPM [Camille DARSIERES]; Martinique Socialist Party or PMS [Ernest WAN-AJOUHU]; Rally for the Republic or RPR [Michel CHARLONE]; Union for French Democracy or UDF (replaced by Martinique Forces of Progress) [Jean MAREN] -
Political pressure groups and leaders Association for the Protection of Martinique's Heritage (ecologist) [Garcin MALSA]; Caribbean Revolutionary Alliance or ARC; Central Union for Martinique Workers or CSTM [Marc PULVAR]; Frantz Fanon Circle; League of Workers and Peasants; Proletarian Action Group or GAP; Socialist Revolution Group or GRS [Philippe PIERRE-CHARLES] -
Population 418,454 (July 2001 est.) no indigenous inhabitants


note: approximately 1,300 military personnel are on the base; note - 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
Population below poverty line NA% -
Population growth rate 0.93% (2001 est.) -
Ports and harbors Fort-de-France, La Trinite -
Radio broadcast stations AM 0, FM 14, shortwave 0 (1998) -
Radios 82,000 (1997) -
Railways 0 km -
Religions Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5% -
Sex ratio at birth:
1.02 male(s)/female

under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female

15-64 years:
0.99 male(s)/female

65 years and over:
0.8 male(s)/female

total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2001 est.)		 -
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal -
Telephone system general assessment:
domestic facilities are adequate

domestic:
NA

international:
microwave radio relay to Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Saint Lucia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)		 -
Telephones - main lines in use 170,000 (1997) -
Telephones - mobile cellular 15,000 (1997) -
Television broadcast stations 11 (plus nine repeaters) (1997) -
Terrain mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano -
Total fertility rate 1.8 children born/woman (2001 est.) -
Unemployment rate 27.2% (1998) -
Waterways none -
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