Jah-Jah.pl / Index countries / Paracel Islands (2008) - Turks and Caicos Islands (2005) / Compare countries
##ciekawa_strona##
Compare Paracel Islands (2008) - Turks and Caicos Islands (2005)
Compare Paracel Islands (2008) z Turks and Caicos Islands (2005)
| Paracel Islands (2008) | Turks and Caicos Islands (2005) | |
 |  | |
| Administrative divisions | - | none (overseas territory of the UK) |
| Age structure | - | 0-14 years: 32.5% (male 3,396/female 3,277)
15-64 years: 63.8% (male 6,900/female 6,220) 65 years and over: 3.7% (male 342/female 421) (2005 est.) |
| Agriculture - products | - | corn, beans, cassava (tapioca), citrus fruits; fish |
| Airports | 1 (2007) | 8 (2004 est.) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007) |
total: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | - | total: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.) |
| Area | total: NA sq km
land: NA sq km water: 0 sq km |
total: 430 sq km
land: 430 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Area - comparative | NA | 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC |
| 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. China built a military installation on Mischief Reef in 1999. The islands are claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam. | The islands were part of the UK's Jamaican colony until 1962, when they assumed the status of a separate crown colony upon Jamaica's independence. The governor of The Bahamas oversaw affairs from 1965 to 1973. With Bahamian independence, the islands received a separate governor in 1973. Although independence was agreed upon for 1982, the policy was reversed and the islands remain a British overseas territory. |
| Birth rate | - | 22.23 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
| Budget | - | revenues: $47 million
expenditures: $33.6 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1997-98 est.) |
| Capital | - | Grand Turk |
| Climate | tropical | tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and relatively dry |
| Coastline | 518 km | 389 km |
| Constitution | - | introduced 30 August 1976; suspended in 1986; restored and revised 5 March 1988 |
| Country name | conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Paracel Islands |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Death rate | - | 4.28 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
| Debt - external | - | NA |
| Dependency status | - | overseas territory of the UK |
| Diplomatic representation from the US | - | none (overseas territory of the UK) |
| Diplomatic representation in the US | - | none (overseas territory of the UK) |
| Disputes - international | occupied by China, also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam | have received Haitians fleeing economic and civil disorder |
| Economic aid - recipient | - | $4.1 million (1997) |
| Economy - overview | China announced plans in 1997 to open the islands for tourism. | The Turks and Caicos economy is based on tourism, fishing, and offshore financial services. Most capital goods and food for domestic consumption are imported. The US is the leading source of tourists, accounting for more than half of the annual 93,000 visitors in the late 1990s. Major sources of government revenue also include fees from offshore financial activities and customs receipts. |
| Electricity - consumption | - | 4.65 million kWh (2002) |
| Electricity - exports | - | 0 kWh (2002) |
| Electricity - imports | - | 0 kWh (2002) |
| Electricity - production | - | 5 million kWh (2002) |
| Elevation extremes | lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Hills 49 m |
| Environment - current issues | NA | limited natural fresh water resources, private cisterns collect rainwater |
| Ethnic groups | - | black 90%, mixed, European, or North American 10% |
| Exchange rates | - | the US dollar is used |
| Executive branch | - | chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1953), represented by Governor Richard TAUWHARE (since 11 July 2005)
head of government: Chief Minister Michael Eugene MISICK (since 15 August 2003) cabinet: Executive Council consists of three ex officio members and five appointed by the governor from among the members of the Legislative Council elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party is appointed chief minister by the governor |
| Exports | - | NA |
| Exports - commodities | - | lobster, dried and fresh conch, conch shells |
| Exports - partners | - | US, UK |
| Fiscal year | - | calendar year |
| Flag description | - | blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the colonial shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield is yellow and contains a conch shell, lobster, and cactus |
| GDP - composition by sector | - | agriculture: NA%
industry: NA% services: NA% |
| GDP - per capita | - | purchasing power parity - $11,500 (2002 est.) |
| GDP - real growth rate | - | 4.9% (2000 est.) |
| Geographic coordinates | 16 30 N, 112 00 E | 21 45 N, 71 35 W |
| Geography - note | composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group | about 40 islands (eight inhabited) |
| Highways | - | total: 121 km
paved: 24 km unpaved: 97 km (2000) |
| Household income or consumption by percentage share | - | lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA |
| Illicit drugs | - | transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe |
| Imports | - | NA |
| Imports - commodities | - | food and beverages, tobacco, clothing, manufactures, construction materials |
| Imports - partners | - | US, UK |
| Independence | - | none (overseas territory of the UK) |
| Industrial production growth rate | - | NA% |
| Industries | - | tourism, offshore financial services |
| Infant mortality rate | - | total: 15.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.11 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) | - | 4% (1995) |
| International organization participation | - | Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), UPU |
| Irrigated land | 0 sq km | NA sq km |
| Judicial branch | - | Supreme Court |
| Labor force | - | 4,848 (1990 est.) |
| Labor force - by occupation | - | about 33% in government and 20% in agriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism, financial, and other services |
| Land boundaries | 0 km | 0 km |
| Land use | arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005) |
arable land: 2.33%
permanent crops: 0% other: 97.67% (2001) |
| Languages | - | English (official) |
| Legal system | - | based on laws of England and Wales, with a few adopted from Jamaica and The Bahamas |
| Legislative branch | - | unicameral Legislative Council (19 seats of which 13 are popularly elected; members serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 24 April 2003 (next to be held in 2007) election results: percent of vote by party - PDM 53.8%, PNP 46.2%; seats by party - PDM 7, PNP 6; note - in by-elections held 7 August 2003, the PNP gained two seats for a majority of 8 seats; PDM now has 5 |
| Life expectancy at birth | - | total population: 74.51 years
male: 72.28 years female: 76.84 years (2005 est.) |
| Literacy | - | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 98% male: 99% female: 98% (1970 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 | Caribbean, two island groups in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of The Bahamas, north of Haiti |
| Map references | Southeast Asia | Central America and the Caribbean |
| Maritime claims | NA | territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm |
| Military - note | occupied by China | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
| National holiday | - | Constitution Day, 30 August (1976) |
| Nationality | - | noun: none
adjective: none |
| Natural hazards | typhoons | frequent hurricanes |
| Natural resources | none | spiny lobster, conch |
| Net migration rate | - | 11.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
| People - note | - | destination and transit point for illegal Haitian immigrants bound for the Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas, and US |
| Political parties and leaders | - | People's Democratic Movement or PDM [Derek H. TAYLOR]; Progressive National Party or PNP [Michael Eugene MISICK] |
| Political pressure groups and leaders | - | NA |
| Population | no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons |
20,556 (July 2005 est.) |
| Population below poverty line | - | NA% |
| Population growth rate | - | 2.9% (2005 est.) |
| Ports and harbors | - | Grand Turk, Providenciales |
| Radio broadcast stations | - | AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2004) |
| Religions | - | Baptist 40%, Methodist 16%, Anglican 18%, Church of God 12%, other 14% (1990) |
| Sex ratio | - | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.11 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2005 est.) |
| Suffrage | - | 18 years of age; universal |
| Telephone system | - | general assessment: fully digital system with international direct dialing
domestic: full range of services available international: country code - 1-649; 2 submarine cables; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
| Telephones - main lines in use | - | 5,700 (2002) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | - | 1,700 (1999) |
| Television broadcast stations | - | 0 (broadcasts from The Bahamas are received; 2 cable television networks) (2004) |
| Terrain | mostly low and flat | low, flat limestone; extensive marshes and mangrove swamps |
| Total fertility rate | - | 3.08 children born/woman (2005 est.) |
| Unemployment rate | - | 10% (1997 est.) |
Sitemap:
Compare countries listing (map site) |
Country listing (map site)
Links: Add to favorites | Information about this website | Stats | Polityka prywatnosci
This page was generated in ##czas## s. Size this page: ##rozmiar_strony## kB.
Links: Add to favorites | Information about this website | Stats | Polityka prywatnosci
This page was generated in ##czas## s. Size this page: ##rozmiar_strony## kB.