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$1 - 1.00 (February 1997; fixed rate) Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June @The Bahamas:Communications Telephones: 119,000 (1987 est.) Telephone system: domestic : totally automatic system; highly developed international: tropospheric scatter and submarine cable to Florida; 3 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0 Radios: 200,000 (1993 est.) Television broadcast stations: 1 (1986 est.) Televisions: 60,000 (1993 est.) @The Bahamas:Transportation Railways: 0 km Highways: total: 2,450 km paved: 1,406 km unpaved: 1,044 km (1995 est.) Ports and harbors: Freeport, Matthew Town, Nassau Merchant marine: total: 988 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,690,478 GRT/37,428,826 DWT ships by type: bulk 176, cargo 205, chemical tanker 41, combination bulk 7, combination ore/oil 23, container 56, liquefied gas tanker 21, oil tanker 184, passenger 47, refrigerated cargo 150, roll-on/roll-off cargo 53, short-sea passenger 11, vehicle carrier 14 note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 46 countries among which are Norway 157, Greece 146, UK 128, US 69, Denmark 51, Sweden 34, Finland 32, Belgium 29, Japan 27, and Monaco 27; Bahamas owns 10 additional ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 256,379 DWT that operate under Panamanian and Cypriot registry (1996 est.) Airports: 54 (1996 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total : 47 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 15 914 to 1,523 m: 12 under 914 m: 17 (1996 est.) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 7 (1996 est.) Military Military branches: Royal Bahamas Defense Force (Coast Guard only), Royal Bahamas Police Force Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: NA Military manpower - fit for military service: males : NA Military expenditures - dollar figure: $20 million (FY95/96) Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 3.8% (FY95/96) Transnational Issues Disputes - international: none Illicit drugs: transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for US and Europe; banking industry vulnerable to money-laundering ______________________________________________________________________ BAHRAIN @Bahrain:Geography Location: Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia Geographic coordinates: 26 00 N, 50 33 E Map references: Middle East Area: tot
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