Compare Tromelin Island (2006) - Gaza Strip (2006)

Compare Tromelin Island (2006) z Gaza Strip (2006)

	Tromelin Island (2006)	Gaza Strip (2006)

Age structure	-	0-14 years: 48.1% (male 351,642/female 335,060) 15-64 years: 49.4% (male 360,147/female 345,318) 65 years and over: 2.6% (male 15,231/female 21,359) (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products	-	olives, citrus, vegetables; beef, dairy products
Airports	1 (2006)	2 note: includes Gaza International Airport closed since its runway was destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces in December 2001 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways	-	total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2006)	total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2006)
Area	total: 1 sq km land: 1 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 360 sq km land: 360 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC	slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Background	First explored by the French in 1776, the island came under the jurisdiction of Reunion in 1814. At present, it serves as a sea turtle sanctuary and is the site of an important meteorological station.	The Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (the DOP), signed in Washington on 13 September 1993, provided for a transitional period not exceeding five years of Palestinian interim self-government in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Under the DOP, Israel agreed to transfer certain powers and responsibilities to the Palestinian Authority (PA) as part of the interim self-governing arrangements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A transfer of powers and responsibilities for the Gaza Strip and Jericho took place pursuant to the Israel-PLO 4 May 1994 Cairo Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area and in additional areas of the West Bank pursuant to the Israel-PLO 28 September 1995 Interim Agreement, the Israel-PLO 15 January 1997 Protocol Concerning Redeployment in Hebron, the Israel-PLO 23 October 1998 Wye River Memorandum, and the 4 September 1999 Sharm el-Sheikh Agreement. The DOP provides that Israel will retain responsibility during the transitional period for external and internal security and for public order of settlements and Israeli citizens. Direct negotiations to determine the permanent status of Gaza and West Bank began in September 1999 after a three-year hiatus, but were derailed by a second intifadah that broke out in September 2000. In April 2003 the Quartet (US, EU, UN, and Russia) presented a roadmap to a final settlement of the conflict by 2005 based on reciprocal steps by the two parties leading to two states, Israel and a democratic Palestine. The proposed date for a permanent status agreement has been postponed indefinitely due to violence and accusations that both sides have not followed through on their commitments. Longtime Palestinian leader Yasir ARAFAT died in November 2004 and Mahmud ABBAS was elected PA president in January 2005, bringing hope of a turning point in the conflict. In February 2005 Israel and the PA agreed to the Sharm el-Sheikh Commitments, focused on security issues, in an effort to move the peace process forward. Progress has been slow because of different interpretations of the verbal agreement by the two sides. In September 2005, Israel withdrew all its settlers and soldiers and dismantled its military facilities in the Gaza Strip and four northern West Bank settlements. Nonetheless, Israel controls maritime, airspace, and most access to the Gaza Strip. An agreement signed by the PA and Israel in November 2005 authorized the reopening of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt under joint PA and Egyptian control, with monitoring provided by the EU.
Birth rate	-	39.45 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Budget	-	revenues: $964 million expenditures: $1.34 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA; note - these budget data include West Bank (2004)
Climate	tropical	temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers
Coastline	3.7 km	40 km
Country name	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Tromelin Island local long form: none local short form: Ile Tromelin	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Gaza Strip local long form: none local short form: Qita Ghazzah
Death rate	-	3.8 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Debt - external	-	$0; note - includes West Bank (2002)
Dependency status	possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands	-
Disputes - international	claimed by Mauritius	West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli-occupied with current status subject to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement - permanent status to be determined through further negotiation; Israel removed settlers and military personnel from the Gaza Strip in August 2005
Economic aid - recipient	-	$2 billion; note - includes West Bank (2004 est.)
Economy - overview	no economic activity	High population density, limited land access, and strict internal and external controls have kept economic conditions in the Gaza Strip - the smaller of the two areas under the Palestinian Authority (PA)- even more degraded than in the West Bank. The beginning of the second intifadah in September 2000 sparked an economic downturn, largely the result of Israeli closure policies; these policies, which were imposed in response to security interests in Israel, disrupted labor and commodity relationships with the Gaza Strip. In 2001, and even more severely in 2003, Israeli military measures in PA areas resulted in the destruction of much capital plant, the disruption of administrative structure, and widespread business closures. Including the West Bank, the UN estimates that more than 100,000 Palestinians out of the 125,000 who used to work in Israel or in joint industrial zones have lost their jobs. Half the labor force is unemployed. Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in September 2005 offers some medium-term opportunities for economic growth, especially given the removal of restrictions on internal movement. In addition, recent agreements and continuing negotiations on the administration of Gaza's border crossings increase the prospects for trade.
Electricity - consumption	-	NA kWh
Electricity - exports	-	0 kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports	-	NA kWh; note - some electricity supplied by an Israeli utility (2005)
Electricity - production	-	NA kWh; note - electricity supplied by the Gaza Strip power plant and by an Israeli utility
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 7 m	lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda) 105 m
Environment - current issues	NA	desertification; salination of fresh water; sewage treatment; water-borne disease; soil degradation; depletion and contamination of underground water resources
Ethnic groups	-	Palestinian Arab and other 99.4%, Jewish 0.6%
Exchange rates	-	new Israeli shekels per US dollar - 4.4877 (2005), 4.482 (2004), 4.5541 (2003), 4.7378 (2002), 4.2057 (2001)
Exports	-	$270 million f.o.b.; note - includes West Bank (2003)
Exports - commodities	-	citrus, flowers, textiles
Exports - partners	-	Israel, Egypt, West Bank (2004)
Fiscal year	-	calendar year
Flag description	the flag of France is used	-
GDP - composition by sector	-	agriculture: 3% industry: 28.3% services: 68.7% (includes West Bank) (2002 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	-	4.5% (2003 est.)
Geographic coordinates	15 52 S, 54 25 E	31 25 N, 34 20 E
Geography - note	climatologically important location for forecasting cyclones; wildlife sanctuary (seabirds, tortoises)	strategic strip of land along Mideast-North African trade routes has experienced an incredibly turbulent history; the town of Gaza itself has been besieged countless times in its history
Heliports	-	1 (2006)
Household income or consumption by percentage share	-	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Imports	-	$1.952 billion c.i.f.; note - includes West Bank (2003)
Imports - commodities	-	food, consumer goods, construction materials
Imports - partners	-	Israel, Egypt, West Bank (2004)
Industrial production growth rate	-	NA%
Industries	-	generally small family businesses that produce textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale modern industries in an industrial center, but operations ceased prior to Israel's evacuation of Gaza Strip settlements
Infant mortality rate	-	total: 22.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	-	7% (includes West Bank) (2003)
Irrigated land	0 sq km	150 sq km; note - includes West Bank (2003)
Labor force	-	278,000 (April-June 2005)
Labor force - by occupation	-	agriculture: 11.9% industry: 18% services: 70.1% (2nd qtr. 2005)
Land boundaries	0 km	total: 62 km border countries: Egypt 11 km, Israel 51 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (grasses; scattered bushes) (2005)	arable land: 29% permanent crops: 21% other: 50% (2002)
Languages	-	Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
Legal system	the laws of France, where applicable, apply	-
Life expectancy at birth	-	total population: 71.97 years male: 70.67 years female: 73.34 years (2006 est.)
Literacy	-	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.9% male: 96.3% female: 87.4% (2003 est.)
Location	Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar	Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Israel
Map references	Africa	Middle East
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation	Israeli-occupied with current status subject to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement - permanent status to be determined through further negotiation
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of France	-
Military branches	-	in accordance with the peace agreement, the Palestinian Authority is not permitted conventional military forces; there are, however, public security forces (2002)
Military expenditures - dollar figure	-	NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	-	NA
Nationality	-	noun: NA adjective: NA
Natural hazards	NA	droughts
Natural resources	fish	arable land, natural gas
Net migration rate	-	1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Population	uninhabited, except for visits by scientists (July 2006 est.)	1,428,757 (July 2006 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	81% (2004 est.)
Population growth rate	-	3.71% (2006 est.)
Radio broadcast stations	-	AM 0, FM 8, shortwave 0 (2005)
Religions	-	Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6%
Sex ratio	-	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
Telephone system	-	general assessment: NA domestic: Israeli company BEZEK and the Palestinian company PALTEL are responsible for fixed line services in the Gaza Strip; the Palestinian JAWAL company provides cellular services international: country code - 970
Telephones - main lines in use	-	349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular	-	1.095 million (includes West Bank) (2005)
Television broadcast stations	-	1 (2005)
Terrain	low, flat, and sandy; likely volcanic	flat to rolling, sand- and dune-covered coastal plain
Total fertility rate	-	5.78 children born/woman (2006 est.)
Unemployment rate	-	31% (includes West Bank) (January-September 2005 avg.)

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