n, including capital expenditures of
$18.1 million (1985 est.)
Industries: financial services, light manufacturing, tourism
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity:
capacity: 61,000 kW
production: 190 million kWh
consumption per capita: 2,965 kWh (1992)
Agriculture: cereals, vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry
Exports: $NA
commodities: tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb
partners: UK
Imports: $NA
commodities: timber, fertilizers, fish
partners: UK
External debt: $NA
Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA
Currency: 1 Manx pound (LM) = 100 pence
Exchange rates: Manx pounds (LM) per US$1 - 0.6537 (January 1996),
0.6335 (1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658 (1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652
(1991); the Manx pound is at par with the British pound
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
Transportation
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Railways:
total: 52 km (27 km electrified)
Highways:
total: 640 km
paved: 320 km
unpaved: 320 km
Ports: Castletown, Douglas, Peel, Ramsey
Merchant marine:
total: 83 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,099,888 GRT/3,569,632
DWT
ships by type: bulk 13, cargo 10, chemical tanker 4, container 12,
liquefied gas tanker 8, oil tanker 18, passenger 2, roll-on/roll-off
cargo 13, short-sea passenger 1, vehicle carrier 2
note: a flag of convenience registry; UK owns 10 ships, Switzerland
2, South Africa 2, Denmark 1, and Netherlands 1 (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1 (1995 est.)
Communications
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Telephones: 41,000 (1995)
Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: NA
Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 4
Televisions: NA
Defense
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Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the UK
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@Marshall Islands
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Map
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Location: 9 00 N, 168 00 E -- Oceania, group of atolls and reefs
in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to
Papua New Guinea
Flag
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Description: blue with two stripes radiating from the lower
hoist-side corner - orange (top) and white; there is a white star
with four large rays and 20 small rays on the hoist side above the
two stripes
Geography
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Location: Oceania, gro
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