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Administrator John Bell READ (since NA) was

       appointed by the governor general of Australia and represents the

       queen and Australia

      Legislative branch: unicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire

       Council; President of the Islands Council Ronald GRANT (since NA)

      Judicial branch: Supreme Court

      Political parties and leaders: none

      International organization participation: WMO

      Diplomatic representation in US: none (territory of Australia)

      US diplomatic representation: none (territory of Australia)

      Flag: the flag of Australia is used

      Economy———

      Economic overview: Grown throughout the islands, coconuts are the sole cash crop. Copra and fresh coconuts are the major export earners. Small local gardens and fishing contribute to the food supply, but additional food and most other necessities must be imported from Australia.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $NA

      GDP real growth rate: NA%

      GDP per capita: $NA

      GDP composition by sector: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%

      Labor force: NA

      Budget: revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

      Industries: copra products

      Industrial production growth rate: NA%

      Electricity: capacity: 1,000 kW production: 2 million kWh consumption per capita: 2,980 kWh (1990)

      Agriculture: vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts

      Exports: $NA

       commodities: copra

       partners: Australia

      Imports: $NA

       commodities: foodstuffs

       partners: Australia

      External debt: $NA

      Economic aid: none

      Currency: 1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents

      Exchange rates: Australian dollars ($A) per US$1 - 1.3477 (January 1996), 1.3486 (1995), 1.3667 (1994), 1.4704 (1993), 1.3600 (1992), 1.2836 (1991)

      Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

      Transportation———————

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km

      Ports: none; lagoon anchorage only

      Merchant marine: none

      Airports: total: 1 with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1 (1995 est.)

      Communications———————

      Telephones: NA

      Telephone system:

       domestic: NA

       international: telephone, telex, and facsimile communications with

       Australia via satellite; 1 satellite earth station of NA type

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0

      Radios: 300 (1992 est.)

      Television broadcast stations: 0 note: intermittent television service via satellite

      Televisions: NA

      Defense———

      Defense note: defense is the responsibility of Australia

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      @Colombia————

      Map—

      Location: 4 00 N, 72 00 W—Northern South America, bordering the

       Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North

       Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama

      Flag——

      Description: three horizontal bands of yellow (top, double-width), blue, and red; similar to the flag of Ecuador, which is longer and bears the Ecuadorian coat of arms superimposed in the center

      Geography————

      Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama

      Geographic coordinates: 4 00 N, 72 00 W

      Map references: South America

      Area:

       total area: 1,138,910 sq km

       land area: 1,038,700 sq km

       comparative area: slightly less than three times the size of Montana

       note: includes Isla de Malpelo, Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank, and

       Serranilla Bank

      Land boundaries:

       total: 7,408 km

       border countries: Brazil 1,643 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 225 km,

       Peru 2,900 km, Venezuela 2,050 km

      Coastline: 3,208 km (Caribbean Sea 1,760 km, North Pacific Ocean

       1,448 km)

      Maritime claims:

       continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

       exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

       territorial sea: 12 nm

      International disputes: maritime boundary dispute with Venezuela

       in the Gulf of Venezuela; territorial dispute with Nicaragua over

       Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank

      Climate: tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in

       highlands

      Terrain: flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, high Andes

       Mountains, eastern lowland plains

       lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Nevado del Huila 5,750 m

      Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel,

       gold, copper, emeralds

      Land use:

       arable land: 4%

       permanent crops: 2%

       meadows and pastures: 29%

       forest and woodland: 49%

       other: 16%

      Irrigated land: 5,150 sq km (1989 est.)

      Environment:

       current issues: deforestation; soil damage from overuse of

       pesticides; air pollution, especially in Bogota, from vehicle

       emissions

       natural hazards: highlands subject to volcanic eruptions; occasional

       earthquakes; periodic droughts

       international agreements: party to - Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,

       Climate Change, Endangered Species, Marine Life Conservation,

       Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical

       Timber 83; signed, but not ratified - Antarctic-Environmental

       Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine

       Dumping, Tropical Timber 94

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