The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Imports - partners:
France 27.7%, Cote d'Ivoire 23%, Togo 4.3% (2002)
Debt - external:
$1.3 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:
$484.1 million (1995)
Currency:
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible
authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
Currency code:
XOF
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 696.99
(2002), 733.04 (2001), 711.98 (2000), 615.7 (1999), 589.95 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Burkina Faso
Telephones - main lines in use:
53,200 (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
25,200 (2000)
Telephone system:
general assessment: all services only fair
domestic: microwave radio relay, open-wire, and radiotelephone
communication stations
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 17, shortwave 3 (2002)
Radios:
394,020 (2000)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (2002)
Televisions:
131,340 (2002)
Internet country code:
.bf
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2002)
Internet users:
25,000 (2002)
Transportation Burkina Faso
Railways:
total: 622 km
narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge
note:: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote D'Ivoire
(2002)
Highways: total: 12,506 km paved: 2,001 km unpaved: 10,505 km (1999)
Waterways:
none
Ports and harbors:
none
Airports:
33 (2002)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 2 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 31 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 17 (2002)
Military Burkina Faso
Military branches:
Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police, People's
Militia
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15–49: 2,957,710 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15–49: 1,506,944 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$45.83 million (FY02)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.4% (FY02)
Transnational Issues Burkina Faso
Disputes - international:
two villages are in dispute along the border with Benin; Burkina
Faso border regions have become a staging area for Liberia and Cote
d'Ivoire rebels and an asylum for refugees caught in regional
fighting; the Ivorian Government accuses Burkina Faso of supporting
Ivorian rebels
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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@Burma
Introduction Burma
Background:
Britain conquered Burma over a period of 62 years (1824–1886) and
incorporated it into its Indian Empire. Burma was administered as a
province of India until 1937 when it became a separate,
self-governing colony; independence outside of the Commonwealth was
attained in 1948. Gen. NE WIN dominated the government from 1962 to
1988, first as military ruler, then as president, and later as
political kingmaker. Despite multiparty elections in 1990 that
resulted in the main opposition party winning a decisive victory,
the ruling military junta refused to hand over power. Key opposition
leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient AUNG SAN SUU KYI, under house
arrest from 1989 to 1995, was again placed under house detention
from September 2000 to May 2002 and again in May 2003; her
supporters are routinely harassed or jailed.
Geography Burma
Location:
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal,
between Bangladesh and Thailand
Geographic coordinates:
22 00 N, 98 00 E
Map references:
Southeast Asia
Area:
total: 678,500 sq km
land: 657,740 sq km
water: 20,760 sq km
Area - comparative:
slightly smaller than Texas
Land boundaries:
total: 5,876 km
border countries: Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km,
Laos 235 km, Thailand 1,800 km
Coastline:
1,930 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
Climate:
tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest
monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild
temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon,
December to April)
Terrain:
central lowlands ringed by steep, rugged highlands
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Andaman Sea 0 m
highest point: Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m
Natural resources: