capacity; 200 million kWh produced,
6,670 kWh per capita (1990)

_#_Industries: tourism, banking and finance, construction, commerce;
support to large UK naval and air bases; transit trade and supply depot
in the port; light manufacturing of tobacco, roasted coffee, ice, mineral
waters, candy, beer, and canned fish

_#_Agriculture: NA

_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-88), $0.8
million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-88), $187 million

_#_Currency: Gibraltar pound (plural--pounds);
1 Gibraltar pound (5G) = 100 pence

_#_Exchange rates: Gibraltar pounds (5G) per US$1--0.5171 (January
1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988), 0.6102 (1987), 0.6817
(1986), 0.7714 (1985); note--the Gibraltar pound is at par with the
British pound

_#_Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June

_*_Communications
_#_Railroads: 1.000-meter-gauge system in dockyard area only

_#_Highways: 50 km, mostly good bitumen and concrete

_#_Ports: Gibraltar

_#_Merchant marine: 30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,399,594
GRT/2,667,656 DWT; includes 6 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 1 container,
10 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker,
1 combination oil/ore, 9 bulk; note--a flag of convenience registry

_#_Civil air: 1 major transport aircraft

_#_Airports: 1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

_#_Telecommunications: adequate international radiocommunication
facilities; automatic telephone system with 14,000 telephones;
stations--1 AM, 6 FM, 4 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

_*_Defense Forces
_#_Branches: British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force

_#_Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK
_%_
_@_Glorioso Islands
(French possession)
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 5 km2; land area: 5 km2; includes Ile Glorieuse,
Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South Rock

_#_Comparative area: about 8.5 times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC

_#_Land boundaries: none

_#_Coastline: 35.2 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Contiguous zone: 12 nm;

Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;

Territorial sea: 12 nm

_#_Disputes: claimed by Madagascar

_#_Climate: tropical

_#_Terrain: undetermined

_#_Natural resources: guano, coconuts

_#_Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures
0%; forest and woodland 0%; other--lush vegetation and coconut palms 100%

_#_En