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general assessment: modern facilities

       domestic: totally automatic system; highly developed

       international: country code - 1–242; tropospheric scatter and

       submarine cable to Florida; 3 coaxial submarine cables; satellite

       earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (1997)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 3, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004)

      Radios:

       215,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       2 (2004)

      Televisions:

       67,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .bs

      Internet hosts:

       302 (2003)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       19 (2000)

      Internet users:

       84,000 (2003)

      Transportation Bahamas, The

      Highways: total: 2,693 km paved: 1,546 km unpaved: 1,147 km (1999 est.)

      Ports and harbors:

       Freeport, Matthew Town, Nassau

      Merchant marine:

       total: 1,035 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 31,631,252 GRT/43,025,977 DWT

       by type: bulk 165, cargo 188, chemical tanker 45, combination bulk

       10, combination ore/oil 17, container 97, liquefied gas 27,

       livestock carrier 2, multi-functional large load carrier 4,

       passenger 108, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 163, refrigerated

       cargo 133, roll on/roll off 34, short-sea/passenger 18, specialized

       tanker 3, vehicle carrier 20

       foreign-owned: Algeria 1, Australia 7, Belgium 14, Bermuda 1, Canada

       4, Chile 1, China 4, Croatia 1, Cuba 3, Cyprus 14, Denmark 49,

       Estonia 1, Faroe Islands 1, Finland 9, France 21, Germany 13,

       Gibraltar 1, Greece 163, Hong Kong 9, India 1, Indonesia 3, Ireland

       1, Israel 3, Italy 7, Japan 35, Kenya 2, South Korea 1, Latvia 1,

       Liberia 1, Malaysia 11, Malta 1, Monaco 68, Netherlands 29, New

       Zealand 1, Norway 231, Panama 2, Philippines 3, Poland 14, Reunion

       1, Russia 1, Saudi Arabia 9, Singapore 13, Slovenia 1, Spain 6,

       Sweden 9, Switzerland 1, Thailand 1, Trinidad and Tobago 2

       registered in other countries: 11 (2004 est.)

      Airports:

       63 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 29 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 14

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 34 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 10 under 914 m: 21 (2004 est.)

      Heliports: 1 (2003 est.)

      Military Bahamas, The

      Military branches:

       Royal Bahamas Defense Force (including Coast Guard)

      Military manpower - military age and obligation:

       18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       NA

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       NA

      Transnational Issues Bahamas, The

      Disputes - international:

       concerned about migrants fleeing Haiti's deteriorated economic and

       political conditions

      Illicit drugs:

       transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for US and

       Europe; offshore financial center

      This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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      @Bahrain

      Introduction Bahrain

      Background:

       Bahrain's small size and central location among Persian Gulf

       countries require it to play a delicate balancing act in foreign

       affairs among its larger neighbors. Facing declining oil reserves,

       Bahrain has turned to petroleum processing and refining and has

       transformed itself into an international banking center. The new

       amir, installed in 1999, has pushed economic and political reforms

       and has worked to improve relations with the Shi'a community. In

       February 2001, Bahraini voters approved a referendum on the National

       Action Charter - the centerpiece of the amir's political

       liberalization program. In February 2002, Amir HAMAD bin Isa Al

       Khalifa proclaimed himself king. In October 2002, Bahrainis elected

       members of the lower house of Bahrain's reconstituted bicameral

       legislature, the National Assembly.

      Geography Bahrain

      Location:

       Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia

      Geographic coordinates:

       26 00 N, 50 33 E

      Map references:

       Middle East

      Area:

       total: 665 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

       land: 665 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       3.5 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries:

       0 km

      Coastline:

       161 km

      Maritime claims:

       territorial sea: 12 nm

       continental shelf: extending to boundaries to be determined

       contiguous zone: 24 nm

      Climate:

       arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers

      Terrain:

       mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m

       highest point: Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m

      Natural resources:

       oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls

      Land use: arable land: 2.82% permanent crops: 5.63% other: 91.55% (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       50 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards:

       periodic droughts; dust storms

      Environment - current issues:

       desertification resulting from the degradation of limited arable

       land, periods of drought, and dust storms; coastal degradation

      

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