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income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA

       highest 10%: NA

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       2.3%

      Labor force:

       6,049 (2001)

      Labor force - by occupation: agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%, manufacturing 3%, construction 18%, transportation and utilities 10%, commerce 36%, services 29% (2000 est.)

      Unemployment rate:

       6.7% (2001)

      Budget:

       revenues: $22.8 million

       expenditures: $22.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA

       (2000 est.)

      Agriculture - products:

       small quantities of tobacco, vegetables; cattle raising

      Industries:

       tourism, boat building, offshore financial services

      Industrial production growth rate:

       3.1% (1997 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       NA

      Electricity - consumption:

       42.6 million kWh

      Exports:

       $2.6 million (1999)

      Exports - commodities:

       lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks, rum

      Exports - partners:

       UK, US, Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin (2000)

      Imports:

       $80.9 million (1999)

      Imports - commodities:

       fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles

      Imports - partners:

       US, Puerto Rico, UK (2000)

      Debt - external:

       $8.8 million (1998)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $3.5 million (1995)

      Currency:

       East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

      Currency code:

       XCD

      Exchange rates:

       East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.70 (fixed rate since 1976)

      Fiscal year:

       1 April - 31 March

      Communications Anguilla

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       6,200 (2002)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       1,800 (2002)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: NA

       domestic: modern internal telephone system

       international: country code - 1–264; microwave radio relay to island

       of Saint Martin (Guadeloupe and Netherlands Antilles)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)

      Radios:

       3,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       1 (1997)

      Televisions:

       1,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .ai

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       16 (2000)

      Internet users:

       3,000 (2002)

      Transportation Anguilla

      Highways: total: 105 km paved: 65 km unpaved: 40 km (1997)

      Ports and harbors:

       Blowing Point, Road Bay

      Merchant marine:

       none

      Airports:

       3 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 1

       914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 2

       under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)

      Military Anguilla

      Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the UK

      Transnational Issues Anguilla

      Disputes - international:

       none

      Illicit drugs:

       transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the

       US and Europe

      This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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      @Antarctica

      Introduction Antarctica

      Background:

       Speculation over the existence of a "southern land" was not

       confirmed until the early 1820s when British and American commercial

       operators and British and Russian national expeditions began

       exploring the Antarctic Peninsula region and other areas south of

       the Antarctic Circle. Not until 1840 was it established that

       Antarctica was indeed a continent and not just a group of islands.

       Several exploration "firsts" were achieved in the early 20th

       century. Following World War II, there was an upsurge in scientific

       research on the continent. A number of countries have set up

       year-round research stations on Antarctica. Seven have made

       territorial claims, but not all countries recognize these claims. In

       order to form a legal framework for the activities of nations on the

       continent, an Antarctic Treaty was negotiated that neither denies

       nor gives recognition to existing territorial claims; signed in

       1959, it entered into force in 1961.

      Geography Antarctica

      Location:

       continent mostly south of the Antarctic Circle

      Geographic coordinates:

       90 00 S, 0 00 E

      Map references:

       Antarctic Region

      Area:

       total: 14 million sq km

       note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North

       America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the

       subcontinent of Europe

       land: 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km

       ice-covered) (est.)

      Area - comparative:

       slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US

      Land boundaries: 0 km note: see entry on Disputes - international

      Coastline:

      

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