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Compare Martinique (2001) z Western Sahara (2001)

 Martinique (2001)Western Sahara (2001)
 MartiniqueWestern Sahara
Administrative divisions none (overseas department of France) none (under de facto control of Morocco)
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.)		 0-14 years:
NA%

15-64 years:
NA%

65 years and over:
NA%
Agriculture - products pineapples, avocados, bananas, flowers, vegetables, sugarcane fruits and vegetables (grown in the few oases); camels, sheep, goats (kept by nomads)
Airports 2 (2000 est.) 11 (2000 est.)
Airports - with paved runways total:
1

over 3,047 m:
1 (2000 est.)		 total:
3

2,438 to 3,047 m:
3 (2000 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways total:
1

under 914 m:
1 (2000 est.)		 total:
8

1,524 to 2,437 m:
1

914 to 1,523 m:
4

under 914 m:
3 (2000 est.)
Area total:
1,100 sq km

land:
1,060 sq km

water:
40 sq km		 total:
266,000 sq km

land:
266,000 sq km

water:
0 sq km
Area - comparative slightly more than six times the size of Washington, DC about the size of Colorado
Background Colonized by France in 1635, the island has subsequently remained a French possession except for three brief periods of foreign occupation. 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 cease-fire; a referendum on final status has been repeatedly postponed and is not expected to occur until at least 2002.
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)		 revenues:
$NA

expenditures:
$NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Capital Fort-de-France none
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 hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew
Coastline 350 km 1,110 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:
none

conventional short form:
Western Sahara

former:
Spanish Sahara
Currency French franc (FRF); euro (EUR) Moroccan dirham (MAD)
Death rate 6.39 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.) -
Debt - external $180 million (1994) $NA
Dependency status overseas department of France -
Diplomatic representation from the US none (overseas department of France) none
Diplomatic representation in the US none (overseas department of France) none
Disputes - international none claimed and administered by Morocco, but sovereignty is unresolved and the UN is attempting to hold a referendum on the issue; the UN-administered cease-fire has been in effect since September 1991
Economic aid - recipient $NA; note - substantial annual aid from France $NA
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. Western Sahara, a territory poor in natural resources and lacking sufficient rainfall, depends on pastoral nomadism, fishing, and phosphate mining as the principal sources of income for the population. Most of the food for the urban population must be imported. All trade and other economic activities are controlled by the Moroccan Government. Incomes and standards of living are substantially below the Moroccan level.
Electricity - consumption 1.023 billion kWh (1999) 83.7 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports 0 kWh (1999) 0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports 0 kWh (1999) 0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - production 1.1 billion kWh (1999) 90 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel:
100%

hydro:
0%

nuclear:
0%

other:
0% (1999)		 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		 lowest point:
Sebjet Tah -55 m

highest point:
unnamed location 463 m
Environment - current issues NA 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 African and African-white-Indian mixture 90%, white 5%, East Indian, Chinese less than 5% Arab, Berber
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) Moroccan dirhams per US dollar - 10.590 (January 2001), 10.626 (2000), 9.804 (1999), 9.604 (1998), 9.527 (1997), 8.716 (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		 none
Exports $250 million (f.o.b., 1997) $NA
Exports - commodities refined petroleum products, bananas, rum, pineapples phosphates 62%
Exports - partners France 45%, Guadeloupe 28% (1997) Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts
Fiscal year calendar 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 -
GDP purchasing power parity - $4.39 billion (1997 est.) purchasing power parity - $NA
GDP - composition by sector agriculture:
6%

industry:
11%

services:
83% (1997 est.)		 agriculture:
NA%

industry:
NA%

services:
40%-45% (1996 est.)
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $11,000 (1997 est.) purchasing power parity - $NA
GDP - real growth rate NA% NA%
Geographic coordinates 14 40 N, 61 00 W 24 30 N, 13 00 W
Heliports - 1 (2000 est.)
Highways total:
2,105 km (2000)

paved:
NA km

unpaved:
NA km		 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%		 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) $NA
Imports - commodities petroleum products, crude oil, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs
Imports - partners France 62%, Venezuela 6%, Germany 4%, Italy 4%, US 3% (1997) Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts
Independence none (overseas department of France) -
Industrial production growth rate NA% NA%
Industries construction, rum, cement, oil refining, sugar, tourism phosphate mining, handicrafts
Infant mortality rate 7.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.) -
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 3.9% (1990) NA%
International organization participation FZ, WCL, WFTU none
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 2 (2000) 1 (2000)
Irrigated land 40 sq km (1993 est.) NA sq km
Judicial branch Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel -
Labor force 170,000 (1997) 12,000
Labor force - by occupation agriculture 10%, industry 17%, services 73% (1997) animal husbandry and subsistence farming 50%
Land boundaries 0 km total:
2,046 km

border countries:
Algeria 42 km, Mauritania 1,561 km, Morocco 443 km
Land use arable land:
8%

permanent crops:
8%

permanent pastures:
17%

forests and woodland:
44%

other:
23% (1993 est.)		 arable land:
0%

permanent crops:
0%

permanent pastures:
19%

forests and woodland:
0%

other:
81%
Languages French, Creole patois Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic
Legal system French legal system -
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.)		 definition:
NA

total population:
NA%

male:
NA%

female:
NA%
Location Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Trinidad and Tobago Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco
Map references Central America and the Caribbean Africa
Maritime claims exclusive economic zone:
200 NM

territorial sea:
12 NM		 contingent upon resolution of sovereignty issue
Merchant marine none (2000 est.) -
Military - note defense is the responsibility of France -
Military branches French forces (Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie NA
Military expenditures - dollar figure - $NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP - NA%
National holiday Bastille Day, 14 July (1789) -
Nationality noun:
Martiniquais (singular and plural)

adjective:
Martiniquais		 noun:
Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s)

adjective:
Sahrawian, Sahraouian
Natural hazards hurricanes, flooding, and volcanic activity (an average of one major natural disaster every five years) 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 coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land phosphates, iron ore
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] none
Population 418,454 (July 2001 est.) 250,559 (July 2001 est.)
Population below poverty line NA% NA%
Population growth rate 0.93% (2001 est.) -
Ports and harbors Fort-de-France, La Trinite Ad Dakhla, Cabo Bojador, Laayoune (El Aaiun)
Radio broadcast stations AM 0, FM 14, shortwave 0 (1998) AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios 82,000 (1997) 56,000 (1997)
Railways 0 km 0 km
Religions Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5% Muslim
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 none; a UN-sponsored voter identification campaign has yet to be completed
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)		 general assessment:
sparse and limited system

domestic:
NA

international:
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 170,000 (1997) about 2,000 (1999 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular 15,000 (1997) 0 (1999)
Television broadcast stations 11 (plus nine repeaters) (1997) NA
Terrain mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast
Total fertility rate 1.8 children born/woman (2001 est.) -
Unemployment rate 27.2% (1998) NA%
Waterways none none
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