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0 km of main roads _#_Ports: George Town, Cayman Brac _#_Merchant marine: 33 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 372,732 GRT/604,395 DWT; includes 1 passenger-cargo, 6 cargo, 7 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 6 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 specialized tanker, 1 liquefied gas carrier, 9 bulk; note--a flag of convenience registry _#_Airports: 3 total; 3 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 2,439 m; 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m _#_Telecommunications: 35,000 telephones; telephone system uses 1 submarine coaxial cable and 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station to link islands and access international services; stations--2 AM, 1 FM, no TV _*_Defense Forces _#_Branches: Royal Cayman Islands Police Force (RCIPF) _#_Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK _%_ _@_Central African Republic _*_Geography _#_Total area: 622,980 km2; land area: 622,980 km2 _#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Texas _#_Land boundaries: 5,203 km total; Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Congo 467 km, Sudan 1,165 km, Zaire 1,577 km _#_Coastline: none--landlocked _#_Maritime claims: none--landlocked _#_Climate: tropical; hot, dry winters; mild to hot, wet summers _#_Terrain: vast, flat to rolling, monotonous plateau; scattered hills in northeast and southwest _#_Natural resources: diamonds, uranium, timber, gold, oil _#_Land use: arable land 3%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 5%; forest and woodland 64%; other 28% _#_Environment: hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds affect northern areas; poaching has diminished reputation as one of last great wildlife refuges; desertification _#_Note: landlocked; almost the precise center of Africa _*_People _#_Population: 2,952,382 (July 1991), growth rate 2.6% (1991) _#_Birth rate: 44 births/1,000 population (1991) _#_Death rate: 18 deaths/1,000 population (1991) _#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991) _#_Infant mortality rate: 138 deaths/1,000 live births (1991) _#_Life expectancy at birth: 45 years male, 49 years female (1991) _#_Total fertility rate: 5.6 children born/woman (1991) _#_Nationality: noun--Central African(s); adjective--Central African _#_Ethnic divisions: about 80 ethnic groups, the majority of which have related ethnic and linguistic characteristics; Baya 34%, Banda 27%, Sara 10%, Mandjia 21%, Mboum 4%,
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