995), 1.3667 (1994), 1.4704 (1993), 1.3600 (1992),
1.2834 (1991)

Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 3.9 km; note - used to haul phosphates from the center of the
island to processing facilities on the southwest coast

Highways:
total: 27 km
paved: 21 km
unpaved: 6 km (1986 est.)

Ports: Nauru

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 2,000 (1989 est.)

Telephone system: adequate local and international radiotelephone
communications provided via Australian facilities
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: 4,000 (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 0 (1986 est.)

Televisions: NA

Defense
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Branches: no regular armed forces; Directorate of the Nauru Police
Force

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: NA
males fit for military service: NA

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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@Navassa Island
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(territory of the US)

Map
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Location: 18 25 N, 75 02 W -- Caribbean, island in the Caribbean
Sea, about one-fourth of the way from Haiti to Jamaica

Flag
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Description: the flag of the US is used

Geography
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Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, about one-fourth
of the way from Haiti to Jamaica

Geographic coordinates: 18 25 N, 75 02 W

Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total area: 5.2 sq km
land area: 5.2 sq km
comparative area: about nine times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 8 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: claimed by Haiti

Climate: marine, tropical

Terrain: raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating;
ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 meters high)
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on southwest side 77 m

Natural resources: guano

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 10%
forest and woodland: 0%
other: 90%

Irrigated land: 0 sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA