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Compare Paracel Islands (2003) - Micronesia, Federated States of (2006)

Compare Paracel Islands (2003) z Micronesia, Federated States of (2006)

 Paracel Islands (2003)Micronesia, Federated States of (2006)
 Paracel IslandsMicronesia, Federated States of
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 1 (2002) 6 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways total: 1


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)		 total: 6


1,524 to 2,437 m: 4


914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2006)
Area total: NA sq km


land: NA sq km


water: 0 sq km		 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)
Area - comparative NA four times the size of Washington, DC (land area only)
Background The Paracel Islands are surrounded by productive fishing grounds and by potential oil and gas reserves. In 1932, French Indochina annexed the islands and set up a weather station on Pattle Island; maintenance was continued by its successor, Vietnam. China has occupied the Paracel Islands since 1974, when its troops seized a South Vietnamese garrison occupying the western islands. The islands are claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam. 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.
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 tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
Coastline 518 km 6,112 km
Constitution - 10 May 1979
Country name conventional long form: none


conventional short form: Paracel Islands		 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
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 occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam none
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 China announced plans in 1997 to open the islands for tourism. 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.
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: South China Sea 0 m


highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m		 lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m


highest point: Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m
Environment - current issues NA overfishing, climate change, pollution
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 16 30 N, 112 00 E 6 55 N, 158 15 E
Geography - note composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group 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 0 sq km (1998 est.) NA
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: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (1998 est.)		 arable land: 5.71%


permanent crops: 45.71%


other: 48.58% (2005)
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 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 Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia
Map references Southeast Asia Oceania
Maritime claims NA territorial sea: 12 nm


exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
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 occupied by China defense is the responsibility of the US
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 typhoons (June to December)
Natural resources none forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate
Net migration rate - -21.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Political parties and leaders - no formal parties
Population no indigenous inhabitants


note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons (July 2003 est.)		 108,004 (July 2006 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 mostly low and flat islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk
Total fertility rate - 3.16 children born/woman (2006 est.)
Unemployment rate - 22% (2000 est.)
Waterways none -
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