Compare Martinique (2005) - French Southern and Antarctic Lands (2006)

Compare Martinique (2005) z French Southern and Antarctic Lands (2006)

	Martinique (2005)	French Southern and Antarctic Lands (2006)

Administrative divisions	none (overseas department of France)	none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three districts named Ile Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, Iles Saint-Paul et Amsterdam; excludes "Adelie Land" claim in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US
Age structure	0-14 years: 22.4% (male 49,112/female 47,697) 15-64 years: 67.2% (male 145,531/female 145,250) 65 years and over: 10.5% (male 20,423/female 24,887) (2005 est.)	-
Agriculture - products	pineapples, avocados, bananas, flowers, vegetables, sugarcane	-
Airports	2 (2004 est.)	-
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (2004 est.)	-
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)	-
Area	total: 1,100 sq km land: 1,060 sq km water: 40 sq km	total: 7,829 sq km land: 7,829 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet, and Iles Kerguelen; excludes "Adelie Land" claim of about 500,000 sq km in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US
Area - comparative	slightly more than six times the size of Washington, DC	slightly less than 1.3 times the size of Delaware
Background	Colonized by France in 1635, the island has subsequently remained a French possession except for three brief periods of foreign occupation.	The Southern Lands consist of two archipelagos, Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen, and two volcanic islands, Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul. They contain no permanent inhabitants and are visited only by researchers studying the native fauna. The Antarctic portion consists of "Adelie Land," a thin slice of the Antarctic continent discovered and claimed by the French in 1840.
Birth rate	14.14 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)	-
Budget	revenues: $900 million expenditures: $2.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $140 million (1996)	-
Capital	Fort-de-France	-
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	antarctic
Coastline	350 km	1,232 km
Constitution	4 October 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: Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands conventional short form: French Southern and Antarctic Lands local long form: Territoire des Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises local short form: Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises abbreviation: TAAF
Death rate	6.44 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)	-
Debt - external	$180 million (1994)	-
Dependency status	overseas department of France	overseas territory of France since 1955; administered from Paris by Administrateur Superieur Michel CHAMPON (since 20 December 2004), assisted by Secretary General Jean-Yves HERMOSO (since NA)
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (overseas department of France)	none (overseas territory of France)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (overseas department of France)	none (overseas territory of France)
Disputes - international	none	French claim to "Adelie Land" in Antarctica is not recognized by the US
Economic aid - recipient	NA; note - substantial annual aid from France (1998)	-
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, which employs more than 11,000 people, has become more important than agricultural exports as a source of foreign exchange.	Economic activity is limited to servicing meteorological and geophysical research stations and French and other fishing fleets. The fish catches landed on Iles Kerguelen by foreign ships are exported to France and Reunion.
Electricity - consumption	1.095 billion kWh (2002)	-
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (2002)	-
Electricity - imports	0 kWh (2002)	-
Electricity - production	1.178 billion kWh (2002)	-
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Montagne Pelee 1,397 m	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont Ross on Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m
Environment - current issues	NA	NA
Ethnic groups	African and African-white-Indian mixture 90%, white 5%, East Indian, Chinese less than 5%	-
Exchange rates	euros per US dollar - 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000)	-
Executive branch	chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995); Prefect Yves DASSONVILLE (since 14 January 2004); note - took office 8 February 2004 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 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	chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Senior Administrator Michel CHAMPON
Exports	NA	-
Exports - commodities	refined petroleum products, bananas, rum, pineapples (2001 est.)	-
Exports - partners	France 45%, Guadeloupe 28% (2000)	-
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 France is used
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 6% industry: 11% services: 83% (1997 est.)	-
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $14,400 (2003 est.)	-
GDP - real growth rate	NA%	-
Geographic coordinates	14 40 N, 61 00 W	43 00 S, 67 00 E
Geography - note	the island is dominated by Mount Pelee, which on 8 May 1902 erupted and completely destroyed the city of Saint Pierre, killing 30,000 inhabitants	islands component is widely scattered across remote locations in the southern Indian Ocean
Highways	total: 2,105 km (2000)	-
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	NA	-
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% (2000)	-
Independence	none (overseas department of France)	-
Industrial production growth rate	NA%	-
Industries	construction, rum, cement, oil refining, sugar, tourism	-
Infant mortality rate	total: 7.09 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.73 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)	-
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	3.9% (1990)	-
International organization participation	UPU, WCL, WFTU	-
Irrigated land	30 sq km (1998 est.)	0 sq km
Judicial branch	Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel	-
Labor force	165,900 (1998)	-
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture 10%, industry 17%, services 73% (1997)	-
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 10.38% permanent crops: 9.43% other: 80.19% (2001)	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)
Languages	French, Creole patois	-
Legal system	French legal system	the laws of France, 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 28 March 2004 (next to be held by March 2010) election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - left-wing candidates 13, PPM 11, RPR 6, right-wing candidates 5, PCM 3, UDF 3, PMS 2, independents 2; note - the PPM won a plurality; Regional Assembly (second round) - percent of vote by party - MIM 53.8%, PPM 30.6%; seats by party - MIM 28, PPM 9, other 4 note: Martinique elects 2 seats to the French Senate; elections last held NA September 2001 (next to be held September 2004); 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, first round - 9 June 2002, second round - 16 June 2002 (next to be held not later than June 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - UMP-RPR 1, PS 1, MIM 1, left-wing candidate 1 (candidacy of the left-wing candidate was found invalid by the Constitutional Council; new elections will be called)	-
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 79.04 years male: 79.43 years female: 78.64 years (2005 est.)	-
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.7% male: 97.4% female: 98.1% (2003 est.)	-
Location	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago	southeast of Africa, islands in the southern Indian Ocean, about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia; note - French Southern and Antarctic Lands include Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet, and Iles Kerguelen in the southern Indian Ocean, along with the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, "Adelie Land"; the US does not recognize the French claim to "Adelie Land"
Map references	Central America and the Caribbean	Antarctic Region
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm from Iles Kerguelen (does not include the rest of French Southern and Antarctic Lands)
Merchant marine	-	total: 77 ships (1000 GRT or over) 3,432,833 GRT/5,345,291 DWT by type: bulk carrier 2, chemical tanker 27, container 18, liquefied gas 5, petroleum tanker 15, roll on/roll off 6, vehicle carrier 4 foreign-owned: 76 (Belgium 6, Denmark 2, France 36, Germany 2, Hong Kong 2, Japan 4, Norway 12, Saudi Arabia 1, Sweden 9, Switzerland 1, UK 1) (2006)
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of France	defense is the responsibility of France
Military branches	no regular military forces; 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)	Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul are extinct volcanoes
Natural resources	coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land	fish, crayfish
Net migration rate	-0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)	-
Political parties and leaders	Martinique Communist Party or PCM [Georges ERICHOT]; Martinique Independence Movement or MIM [Alfred MARIE-JEANNE]; Martinique Progressive Party or PPM [Pierre SUEDILE]; Martinique Socialist Party or PMS [Ernest WAN-AJOUHU]; Movement of Democrats and Ecologists for a Sovereign Martinique or Modemas [Garcin MALSA]; Rally for the Republic or RPR [Michel CHARLONE]; Socialist Revolution Group or GRS [Philippe PIERRE-CHARLES]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Jean MAREN]	-
Political pressure groups and leaders	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	-
Population	432,900 (July 2005 est.)	no indigenous inhabitants note: in 2002, there were 145 researchers whose numbers vary from winter (July) to summer (January) (July 2006 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA%	-
Population growth rate	0.76% (2005 est.)	-
Ports and harbors	Fort-de-France, La Trinite, Marin	-
Radio broadcast stations	AM 0, FM 14, shortwave 0 (1998)	-
Religions	Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 10.5%, Muslim 0.5%, Hindu 0.5%, other 3.5% (1997)	-
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2005 est.)	-
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal	-
Telephone system	general assessment: domestic facilities are adequate domestic: NA international: country code - 596; microwave radio relay to Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Saint Lucia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)	-
Telephones - main lines in use	172,000 est (2001)	-
Telephones - mobile cellular	319,900 (2002)	-
Television broadcast stations	11 (plus nine repeaters) (1997)	-
Terrain	mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano	volcanic
Total fertility rate	1.79 children born/woman (2005 est.)	-
Unemployment rate	27.2% (1998)	-

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