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      Electricity - imports:

       16 million kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       1,020 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Exports:

       $154 million f.o.b. (2000 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       electricity (to India), cardamom, gypsum, timber, handicrafts,

       cement, fruit, precious stones, spices

      Exports - partners:

       Bangladesh 60.5%, US 11.7%, Malaysia 5.7% (2003)

      Imports:

       $196 million c.i.f. (2000 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       fuel and lubricants, grain, machinery and parts, vehicles, fabrics,

       rice

      Imports - partners:

       Japan 36.6%, Austria 14.2%, Sweden 8.3%, China 7.5%, Thailand 6%,

       Bangladesh 6%, Germany 5.5%, Italy 4% (2003)

      Debt - external:

       $245 million (2000)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       substantial aid from India and other nations

      Currency:

       ngultrum (BTN); Indian rupee (INR)

      Currency code:

       BTN; INR

      Exchange rates:

       ngultrum per US dollar - 46.5806 (2003), 48.6103 (2002), 47.1864

       (2001), 44.9416 (2000), 43.0554 (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       1 July - 30 June

      Communications Bhutan

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       25,200 (2003)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       8,000 (2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: NA

       domestic: domestic telephone service is very poor with few

       telephones in use

       international: country code - 975; international telephone and

       telegraph service is by landline through India; a satellite earth

       station was planned (1990)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)

      Radios:

       37,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       0 (1997)

      Televisions:

       11,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .bt

      Internet hosts:

       985 (2003)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       NA

      Internet users:

       15,000 (2003)

      Transportation Bhutan

      Highways: total: 3,690 km paved: 2,240 km unpaved: 1,450 km (1999 est.)

      Ports and harbors:

       none

      Airports:

       2 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 1

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 1

       914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Military Bhutan

      Military branches:

       Royal Bhutan Army, Royal Bodyguard, National Militia

      Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2001)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 544,560 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 290,843 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 23,379 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $11.2 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       1.9% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Bhutan

      Disputes - international:

       approximately 100,000 Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal, 90% of

       whom reside in seven UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees

       camps, place decades-long strains on Nepal

      This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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      @Bolivia

      Introduction Bolivia

      Background:

       Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away

       from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has

       consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups.

       Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but

       leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social

       unrest, and drug production. Current goals include attracting

       foreign investment, strengthening the educational system, resolving

       disputes with coca growers over Bolivia's counterdrug efforts, and

       waging an anticorruption campaign.

      Geography Bolivia

      Location:

       Central South America, southwest of Brazil

      Geographic coordinates:

       17 00 S, 65 00 W

      Map references:

       South America

      Area:

       total: 1,098,580 sq km

       water: 14,190 sq km

       land: 1,084,390 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       slightly less than three times the size of Montana

      Land boundaries:

       total: 6,743 km

       border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km,

       Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km

      Coastline:

       0 km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims:

       none (landlocked)

      Climate:

       varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid

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