ebt:
$1.2 billion (1988)
Industrial production:
growth rate NA%
Electricity:
capacity:
92,000 kW
production:
185 million kWh
consumption per capita:
1,450 kWh (1992)
Industries:
construction, shrimp processing, forestry products, rum, gold mining
Agriculture:
some vegetables for local consumption; rice, corn, manioc, cocoa,
bananas, sugar; livestock - cattle, pigs, poultry
Economic aid:
recipient:
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $1.51 billion
Currency:
1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates:
French francs (F) per US$1 - 5.9205 (January 1994), 5.6632 (1993),
5.2938 (1992), 5.6421 (1991), 5.4453 (1990), 6.3801 (1989)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

@French Guiana, Communications

Highways:
total:
680 km
paved:
510 km
unpaved:
improved, unimproved earth 170 km
Inland waterways:
460 km, navigable by small oceangoing vessels and river and coastal
steamers; 3,300 km navigable by native craft
Ports:
Cayenne
Airports:
total:
10
usable:
10
with permanent-surface runways:
4
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
1
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
1
Telecommunications:
fair open-wire and microwave radio relay system; 18,100 telephones;
broadcast stations - 5 AM, 7 FM, 9 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth
station

@French Guiana, Defense Forces

Branches:
French Forces, Gendarmerie
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 40,506; fit for military service 26,394
Defense expenditures:
$NA, NA% of GDP
Note:
defense is the responsibility of France

@French Polynesia

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Affiliation:
(overseas territory of France)

@French Polynesia, Geography

Location:
Oceania, Polynesia halfway between Australia and South America
Map references:
Oceania
Area:
total area:
3,941 sq km
land area:
3,660 sq km
comparative area:
slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
2,525 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
none
Climate:
tropical, but moderate
Terrain:
mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs
Natural resources:
timber, fish, cobalt
Land use:
arable land:
1%
permanent crops:
19%
meadows and pastures:
5%
forest and woodland:
31%
other:
44%
Irrigated land:
NA sq km
Environment:
curre