S) = 100 pence

Exchange rates: Saint Helenian pounds (#S) per US$1 - 0.6350 (January
1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6033 (1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991),
0.5603 (1990); note - the Saint Helenian pound is at par with the
British pound

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

@Saint Helena:Transportation

Railroads: 0 km

Highways:
total: NA (mainland 107 km, Ascension NA, Tristan da Cunha NA)
paved: 169.7 km (mainland 87 km, Ascension 80 km, Tristan da Cunha
2.70 km)
unpaved: NA (mainland 20 km earth roads, Ascension NA, Tristan da
Cunha NA)

Ports: Georgetown, Jamestown

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 1
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1

@Saint Helena:Communications

Telephone system: 550 telephones; automatic network
local: NA
intercity: HF radio links to Ascension, then into worldwide submarine
cable and satellite networks
international: major coaxial submarine cable relay point between South
Africa, Portugal, and UK at Ascension; 2 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean)
earth stations

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0
radios: 1,500

Television:
broadcast stations: 0
televisions: NA

@Saint Helena:Defense Forces

Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK

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SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

@Saint Kitts And Nevis:Geography

Location: Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of
the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago

Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total area: 269 sq km
land area: 269 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than 1.5 times the size of Washington,
DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 135 km

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental
margin
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: subtropical tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal
temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)

Terrain: volcanic with mountainous interiors

Natural resources: negligible

Land use:
arable land: 22%
permanent crops: 17%
meadows and pastures: 3%
forest and woodland: 17%
other: 41%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: hurricanes (July to October)
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Endangered Species, Hazardous W