otal: 1,940 km
paved: 1,600 km
unpaved: gravel, earth 340 km

Ports: Basse-Terre, Gustavia, Marigot, Pointe-a-Pitre

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 9
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 6

@Guadeloupe:Communications

Telephone system: 57,300 telephones; domestic facilities inadequate
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth station; interisland
microwave radio relay to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, and Martinique

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 8 (private stations licensed to broadcast
FM 30), shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 9
televisions: NA

@Guadeloupe:Defense Forces

Branches: French Forces, Gendarmerie

Note: defense is responsibility of France

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GUAM

(territory of the US)

@Guam:Geography

Location: Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about
three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines

Map references: Oceania

Area:
total area: 541.3 sq km
land area: 541.3 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than three times the size of
Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 125.5 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical marine; generally warm and humid, moderated by
northeast trade winds; dry season from January to June, rainy season
from July to December; little seasonal temperature variation

Terrain: volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flat
coraline limestone plateau (source of most fresh water) with steep
coastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low-rising hills in
center, mountains in south

Natural resources: fishing (largely undeveloped), tourism (especially
from Japan)

Land use:
arable land: 11%
permanent crops: 11%
meadows and pastures: 15%
forest and woodland: 18%
other: 45%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively
rare, but potentially very destructive typhoons (especially in August)

international agreements: NA

Note: largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands
archipelago; strategic location in western North Pacific Ocean

@Guam:People

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