stuffs,
textiles

Exports - partners:

UK (2006)

Imports:

$NA

Imports - commodities:

machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs,
mineral fuels, chemicals

Imports - partners:

UK (2006)

Debt - external:

$NA

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA

Currency (code):

Jersey pound
note: the British pound is also legal tender

Currency code:

GBP

Exchange rates:

Jersey pounds per US dollar 0.4993 (2007), 0.5418 (2006), 0.5493
(2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003)
note: the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound

Communications
Jersey

Telephones - main lines in use:

73,900 (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

83,900 (2004)

Telephone system:

general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: submarine cable connectivity to Guernsey and UK

Radio broadcast stations:

AM NA, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

NA

Television broadcast stations:

2 (1997)

Televisions:

NA

Internet country code:

.je

Internet hosts:

190 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

NA

Internet users:

27,000 (2005)

Transportation
Jersey

Airports:

1 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 358 km (2002)

Ports and terminals:

Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier

Military
Jersey

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 587
female: 540 (2008 est.)

Military - note:

defense is the responsibility of the UK

Transnational Issues
Jersey

Disputes - international:

none

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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@Jordan

Introduction
Jordan

Background:

Following World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the
UK received a mandate to govern much of the Middle East. Britain
separated out a semi-autonomous region of Transjordan from Palestine
in the early 1920s, and the area gained its independence in 1946; it
adopted the name of Jordan in 1950. The country's long-time ruler
was King HUSSEIN (1953-99). A pragmatic leader, he successfully
navigated competing pressures from the major powers (US, USSR, and
UK), various Arab states, Israel, and a large internal Palestinian
population, despite several wars and coup attempts. In 1989 he
reinsti