Royal
Bahamas Police Force

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

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $20 million, 3.8%
of GDP (FY95/96)

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@The Gambia
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Map
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Location: 13 28 N, 16 34 W -- Western Africa, bordering the North
Atlantic Ocean and Senegal

Flag
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Description: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue with
white edges, and green

Geography
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Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and
Senegal

Geographic coordinates: 13 28 N, 16 34 W

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 11,300 sq km
land area: 10,000 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Delaware

Land boundaries:
total: 740 km
border country: Senegal 740 km

Coastline: 80 km

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 18 nm
continental shelf: not specified
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: short section of boundary with Senegal is
indefinite

Climate: tropical; hot, rainy season (June to November); cooler,
dry season (November to May)

Terrain: flood plain of the Gambia River flanked by some low hills
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 53 m

Natural resources: fish

Land use:
arable land: 16%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 9%
forest and woodland: 20%
other: 55%

Irrigated land: 120 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:
current issues: deforestation; desertification; water-borne diseases
prevalent
natural hazards: rainfall has dropped by 30% in the last 30 years
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer
Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling; signed, but not ratified -
Desertification

Geographic note: almost an enclave of Senegal; smallest country on
the continent of Africa

People
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Population: 1,204,984 (July 1996 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 46% (male 276,782; female 275,683)
15-64 years: 51% (male 307,405; female 312,736)
65 years and over: 3% (male 17,278; female 15,100) (July 1996 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.55% (1996 est.)

Birth rate: 44.44 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Death rate: 13.66 deaths