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15 million kWh produced, 40 kWh per capita (1990) _#_Industry: fish processing, salt mining, clothing factories, ship repair, construction materials, food and beverage production _#_Agriculture: accounts for 16% of GDP; largely subsistence farming; bananas are the only export crop; other crops--corn, beans, sweet potatoes, coffee; growth potential of agricultural sector limited by poor soils and limited rainfall; annual food imports required; fish catch provides for both domestic consumption and small exports _#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY75-89), $88 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $590 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $12 million; Communist countries (1970-88), $36 million _#_Currency: Cape Verdean escudo (plural--escudos); 1 Cape Verdean escudo (CVEsc) = 100 centavos _#_Exchange rates: Cape Verdean escudos (CVEsc) per US$1--64.10 (November 1990), 74.86 (December 1989), 72.01 (1988), 72.5 (1987), 76.56 (1986), 85.38 (1985) _#_Fiscal year: calendar year _*_Communications _#_Ports: Mindelo and Praia _#_Merchant marine: 7 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,708 GRT/19,000 DWT _#_Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft (4 owned, 1 leased) _#_Airports: 6 total, 6 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m _#_Telecommunications: interisland radio relay system, high-frequency radio to mainland Portugal and Guinea-Bissau; 1,740 telephones; stations--5 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV; 2 coaxial submarine cables; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station _*_Defense Forces _#_Branches: People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP)--Army and Navy are separate components of FARP; Militia, Security Service _#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 70,771; 41,844 fit for military service _#_Defense expenditures: $15 million, 11% of GDP (1981) _%_ _@_Cayman Islands (dependent territory of the UK) _*_Geography _#_Total area: 260 km2; land area: 260 km2 _#_Comparative area: slightly less than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC _#_Land boundaries: none _#_Coastline: 160 km _#_Maritime claims: Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm; Territorial sea: 3 nm _#_Climate: tropical marine; warm, rainy summers (May to October) and cool, relatively dry winters (November to April) _#_Terrain: low-lying limestone
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