munications

Telephone system: 9,500 telephones
local: low density (6 telephones/100 persons) but the system is
automatically switched
intercity: no intercity traffic
international: direct microwave link with Martinique and Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines; interisland troposcatter link to Barbados

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 1, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 1 cable
televisions: NA

@Saint Lucia:Defense Forces

Branches: Royal Saint Lucia Police Force, Coast Guard

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON

(territorial collectivity of France)

@Saint Pierre And Miquelon:Geography

Location: Northern North America, islands in the North Atlantic Ocean,
south of Newfoundland (Canada)

Map references: North America

Area:
total area: 242 sq km
land area: 242 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than 1.5 times the size of Washington,
DC
note: includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the
Miquelon groups

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 120 km

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

International disputes: focus of maritime boundary dispute between
Canada and France

Climate: cold and wet, with much mist and fog; spring and autumn are
windy

Terrain: mostly barren rock

Natural resources: fish, deepwater ports

Land use:
arable land: 13%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 4%
other: 83%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: persistent fog throughout the year can be a maritime
hazard
international agreements: NA

Note: vegetation scanty

@Saint Pierre And Miquelon:People

Population: 6,757 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: NA
15-64 years: NA
65 years and over: NA

Population growth rate: 0.78% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 13.02 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate: 5.83 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 10.77 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76 years
male: 74.4 years
female: 77.92 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.67 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Frenchman(men),