1995)

Highways:
total: 300 km
paved: 125 km
unpaved: 175 km

Ports: Basseterre, Charlestown

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 2
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 3,800 (1986 est.)

Telephone system: good interisland VHF/UHF/SHF radiotelephone
connections and international link via Antigua and Barbuda and Saint
Martin (Guadeloupe and Netherlands Antilles)
domestic: interisland links are handled by VHF/UHF/SHF radiotelephone
international: international calls are carried by radiotelephone to
Antigua and Barbuda and from there switched to submarine cable or to
Intelsat, or carried to Saint Martin (Guadeloupe and Netherlands
Antilles) by radiotelephone and switched to Intelsat

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: 25,000 (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 4

Televisions: 9,500 (1993 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force, Coast Guard

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

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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@Saint Lucia
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Map
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Location: 13 53 N, 60 68 W -- Caribbean, island in the Caribbean
Sea, north of Trinidad and Tobago

Flag
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Description: blue with a gold isosceles triangle below a black
arrowhead; the upper edges of the arrowhead have a white border

Geography
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Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of
Trinidad and Tobago

Geographic coordinates: 13 53 N, 60 68 W

Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total area: 620 sq km
land area: 610 sq km
comparative area: 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 158 km

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental
margin
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season
from January to April, rainy season from May to August

Terrain: volcanic and mountainous with some broad, fertile valleys
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Gimie 950 m

Natural resources: forests, sandy beaches, minerals (pumic