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Compare Micronesia, Federated States of (2006) - Paracel Islands (2001)

Compare Micronesia, Federated States of (2006) z Paracel Islands (2001)

 Micronesia, Federated States of (2006)Paracel Islands (2001)
 Micronesia, Federated States ofParacel Islands
Administrative divisions 4 states; Chuuk (Truk), Kosrae (Kosaie), Pohnpei (Ponape), Yap -
Age structure 0-14 years: 36.6% (male 20,116/female 19,391)


15-64 years: 60.4% (male 32,620/female 32,659)


65 years and over: 3% (male 1,413/female 1,805) (2006 est.)		 -
Agriculture - products black pepper, tropical fruits and vegetables, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), betel nuts, sweet potatoes; pigs, chickens; fish -
Airports 6 (2006) 1 (2000 est.)
Airports - with paved runways total: 6


1,524 to 2,437 m: 4


914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2006)		 total:
1

1,524 to 2,437 m:
1 (2000 est.)
Area total: 702 sq km


land: 702 sq km


water: 0 sq km (fresh water only)


note: includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie)		 total:
NA sq km

land:
NA sq km

water:
0 sq km
Area - comparative four times the size of Washington, DC (land area only) NA
Background In 1979 the Federated States of Micronesia, a UN Trust Territory under US administration, adopted a constitution. In 1986 independence was attained under a Compact of Free Association with the US, which was amended and renewed in 2004. Present concerns include large-scale unemployment, overfishing, and overdependence on US aid. This archipelago is surrounded by productive fishing grounds and potentially large oil reserves. In 1932, French Indochina annexed the islands and set up a weather station on Prattle Island; maintenance was continued by its successor Vietnam. China has occupied the Paracel Islands since 1974, when its troops captured a South Vietnamese garrison occupying the western islands. However, the islands are still claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.
Birth rate 24.68 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) -
Budget revenues: $127.3 million ($69 million less grants)


expenditures: $144.2 million; including capital expenditures of $17.9 million $NA (1998 est.)		 -
Capital name: Palikir


geographic coordinates: 6 55 N, 158 08 E


time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)		 -
Climate tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage tropical
Coastline 6,112 km 518 km
Constitution 10 May 1979 -
Country name conventional long form: Federated States of Micronesia


conventional short form: none


local long form: Federated States of Micronesia


local short form: none


former: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Ponape, Truk, and Yap Districts


abbreviation: FSM		 conventional long form:
none

conventional short form:
Paracel Islands
Death rate 4.75 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) -
Debt - external $60.8 million (FY05 est.) -
Diplomatic representation from the US chief of mission: Ambassador Suzanne K. HALE


embassy: 101 Upper Pics Road, Kolonia


mailing address: P. O. Box 1286, Kolonia, Pohnpei, 96941


telephone: [691] 320-2187


FAX: [691] 320-2186		 -
Diplomatic representation in the US chief of mission: Ambassador Jesse Bibiano MAREHALAU


chancery: 1725 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036


telephone: [1] (202) 223-4383


FAX: [1] (202) 223-4391


consulate(s) general: Honolulu, Tamuning (Guam)		 -
Disputes - international none occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam
Economic aid - recipient $86.3 million under terms of the Compact of Free Association, the US pledged $1.3 billion in grant aid during the period 1986-2001; the level of aid has been subsequently reduced -
Economy - overview Economic activity consists primarily of subsistence farming and fishing. The islands have few mineral deposits worth exploiting, except for high-grade phosphate. The potential for a tourist industry exists, but the remote location, a lack of adequate facilities, and limited air connections hinder development. The Amended Compact of Free Association with the US guarantees the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) millions of dollars in annual aid through 2023, and establishes a Trust Fund into which the US and the FSM make annual contributions in order to provide annual payouts to the FSM in perpetuity after 2023. The country's medium-term economic outlook appears fragile due not only to the reduction in US assistance but also to the slow growth of the private sector. China announced plans in 1997 to open the islands for tourism.
Electricity - consumption 178.6 million kWh (2002) -
Electricity - exports 0 kWh (2002) -
Electricity - imports 0 kWh (2002) -
Electricity - production 192 million kWh (2002) -
Elevation extremes lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m


highest point: Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m		 lowest point:
South China Sea 0 m

highest point:
unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m
Environment - current issues overfishing, climate change, pollution NA
Environment - international agreements party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection


signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements		 -
Ethnic groups nine ethnic Micronesian and Polynesian groups -
Exchange rates the US dollar is used -
Executive branch chief of state: President Joseph J. URUSEMAL (since 11 May 2003); Vice President Redley KILLION (11 May 2003); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government


head of government: President Joseph J. URUSEMAL (since 11 May 2003); Vice President Redley KILLION (11 May 2003)


cabinet: Cabinet includes the vice president and the heads of the eight executive departments


elections: president and vice president elected by Congress from among the four senators at large for a four-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 11 May 2003 (next to be held May 2007); note - a proposed constitutional amendment to establish popular elections for president and vice president failed


election results: Joseph J. URUSEMAL elected president; percent of Congress vote - NA%; Redley KILLION elected vice president; percent of Congress vote - NA%		 -
Exports $14 million (f.o.b.) (2004 est.) -
Exports - commodities fish, garments, bananas, black pepper -
Exports - partners Japan, US, Guam (2004) -
Fiscal year 1 October - 30 September -
Flag description light blue with four white five-pointed stars centered; the stars are arranged in a diamond pattern -
GDP - composition by sector agriculture: 28.9%


industry: 15.2%


services: 55.9% (2000 est.)		 -
GDP - real growth rate 0.3% (2005 est.) -
Geographic coordinates 6 55 N, 158 15 E 16 30 N, 112 00 E
Geography - note four major island groups totaling 607 islands -
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%: NA%


highest 10%: NA%		 -
Imports $132.7 million f.o.b. (2004) -
Imports - commodities food, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, beverages -
Imports - partners US, Japan, Hong Kong (2004) -
Independence 3 November 1986 (from the US-administered UN Trusteeship) -
Industrial production growth rate NA% -
Industries tourism, construction; fish processing, specialized aquaculture; craft items from shell, wood, and pearls -
Infant mortality rate total: 29.16 deaths/1,000 live births


male: 32.17 deaths/1,000 live births


female: 26.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)		 -
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2.2% (2005) -
International organization participation ACP, AsDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IMF, IOC, ITU, MIGA, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, WHO, WMO -
Irrigated land NA 0 sq km (1993)
Judicial branch Supreme Court -
Labor force 37,410 -
Labor force - by occupation note: 0.9% two-thirds are government employees, 34.4%, 64.7% -
Land boundaries 0 km 0 km
Land use arable land: 5.71%


permanent crops: 45.71%


other: 48.58% (2005)		 arable land:
0%

permanent crops:
0%

permanent pastures:
0%

forests and woodland:
0%

other:
100%
Languages English (official and common language), Trukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosrean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi -
Legal system based on adapted Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature, municipal, common, and customary laws -
Legislative branch unicameral Congress (14 seats; 4 - one elected from each state to serve four-year terms and 10 - elected from single-member districts delineated by population to serve two-year terms; members elected by popular vote)


elections: elections for four-year term seats last held 4 March 2003 (next to be held March 2007); elections for two-year term seats last held 8 March 2005 (next to be held March 2007)


election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 14		 -
Life expectancy at birth total population: 70.05 years


male: 68.24 years


female: 71.95 years (2006 est.)		 -
Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write


total population: 89%


male: 91%


female: 88% (1980 est.)		 -
Location Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia Southeastern Asia, group of small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, about one-third of the way from central Vietnam to the northern Philippines
Map references Oceania Southeast Asia
Maritime claims territorial sea: 12 nm


exclusive economic zone: 200 nm		 NA
Merchant marine total: 2 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,423 GRT/1,551 DWT


by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 1 (2006)		 -
Military - note defense is the responsibility of the US occupied by China
Military branches no ministry of defense and no standing armed forces; the paramilitary Maritime Wing, a small maritime law enforcement unit, is responsible to the Division of Maritime Surveillance within the Office of the Attorney General (2003) -
National holiday Constitution Day, 10 May (1979) -
Nationality noun: Micronesian(s)


adjective: Micronesian; Chuukese, Kosraen(s), Pohnpeian(s), Yapese		 -
Natural hazards typhoons (June to December) typhoons
Natural resources forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate none
Net migration rate -21.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.) -
Political parties and leaders no formal parties -
Population 108,004 (July 2006 est.) no indigenous inhabitants

note:
there are scattered Chinese garrisons (July 2001 est.)
Population below poverty line 26.7% -
Population growth rate -0.11% (2006 est.) -
Ports and harbors - small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being expanded
Radio broadcast stations AM 5, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004) -
Religions Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other 3% -
Sex ratio NA -
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal -
Telephone system general assessment: adequate system


domestic: islands interconnected by shortwave radiotelephone (used mostly for government purposes), satellite (Intelsat) ground stations, and some coaxial and fiber-optic cable; cellular service available on Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap


international: country code - 691; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2002)		 -
Telephones - main lines in use 12,400 (2005) -
Telephones - mobile cellular 14,100 (2005) -
Television broadcast stations 3; note - cable TV also available (2004) -
Terrain islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk mostly low and flat
Total fertility rate 3.16 children born/woman (2006 est.) -
Unemployment rate 22% (2000 est.) -
Waterways - none
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