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fuels, lubricants, and related materials partners: NA External debt: $10.2 million (December 1994) Economic aid: $NA Currency: 1 EC dollar (EC$) = 100 cents Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1 - 2.70 (fixed rate since 1976) Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March Transportation -------------- Railways: 0 km Highways: total: 280 km paved: 200 km unpaved: 80 km Ports: Plymouth Merchant marine: none Airports: total: 1 with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1 (1995 est.) Communications -------------- Telephones: 3,000 Telephone system: domestic: NA international: NA Radio broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 4, shortwave 0 Radios: 6,000 (1992 est.) Television broadcast stations: 1 Televisions: 2,000 (1992 est.) Defense ------- Branches: Police Force Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the UK ====================================================================== @Morocco ------- Map --- Location: 32 00 N, 5 00 W -- Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara Flag ---- Description: red with a green pentacle (five-pointed, linear star) known as Solomon's seal in the center of the flag; green is the traditional color of Islam Geography --------- Location: Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara Geographic coordinates: 32 00 N, 5 00 W Map references: Africa Area: total area: 446,550 sq km land area: 446,300 sq km comparative area: slightly larger than California Land boundaries: total: 2,002 km border countries: Algeria 1,559 km, Western Sahara 443 km note: excludes the length of the boundary between the places of sovereignty and Morocco Coastline: 1,835 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: claims and administers Western Sahara, but sovereignty is unresolved and the UN is attempting to hold a referendum on the issue; the UN-administered cease-fire has been in effect since September 1991; Spain controls five places of sovereignty (plazas de soberania) on and off the coast of Morocco - the coastal enclaves of Ceuta and
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