ange rates: East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1 - 2.70 (fixed
rate since 1976)

Fiscal year: calendar year

@Saint Vincent And The Grenadines:Transportation

Railroads: 0 km

Highways:
total: 1,000 km
paved: 300 km
unpaved: improved earth 400 km; unimproved earth 300 km

Ports: Kingstown

Merchant marine:
total: 580 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,212,812 GRT/8,530,725
DWT
ships by type: bulk 106, cargo 289, chemical tanker 15, combination
bulk 10, combination ore/oil 3, container 36, liquefied gas tanker 5,
livestock carrier 2, oil tanker 53, passenger 2, passenger-cargo 1,
refrigerated cargo 30, roll-on/roll-off cargo 25, short-sea passenger
1, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes 16 countries among
which are Croatia 49 ships, Russia 23, Slovenia 11, China 8, Germany
3, Serbia 2, Latvia 1, Montenegro 1, Georgia 1, UAR 1

Airports:
total: 6
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 4

@Saint Vincent And The Grenadines:Communications

Telephone system: 6,500 telephones; islandwide fully automatic
telephone system
local: NA
intercity: VHF/UHF interisland links from Saint Vincent to the other
islands of the Grenadines
international: VHF/UHF interisland links from Saint Vincent to
Barbados; new SHF links to Grenada and to Saint Lucia

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 1 cable
televisions: NA

@Saint Vincent And The Grenadines:Defense Forces

Branches: Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, Coast
Guard

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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SAN MARINO

@San Marino:Geography

Location: Southern Europe, an enclave in central Italy

Map references: Europe

Area:
total area: 60 sq km
land area: 60 sq km
comparative area: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: total 39 km, Italy 39 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none; landlocked

International disputes: none

Climate: Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers

Terrain: rugged mountains

Natural resources: building stone

Land use:
arable land: 17%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 0%
other: 83%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
interna