8), 106.11 (1997); note - pegged at the rate of 119.25
XPF to the euro

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications French Polynesia

Telephones - main lines in use: 52,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 5,427 (1997)

Telephone system: general assessment: NA domestic: NA international:
satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios: 128,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 7 (plus 17 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions: 40,000 (1997)

Internet country code: .pf

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2000)

Internet users: 5,000 (2000)

Transportation French Polynesia

Railways: 0 km

Highways: total: 792 km paved: 264 km unpaved: 528 km (2000)

Waterways: none

Ports and harbors: Mataura, Papeete, Rikitea, Uturoa

Merchant marine: total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,240
GRT/7,765 DWT ships by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 2, refrigerated
cargo 1 (2002 est.)

Airports: 45 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 33 over 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437
m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 21 under 914 m: 5 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 12 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m:
9 (2001)

Military French Polynesia

Military branches: no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces
(including Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie

Military - note: defense is the responsibility of France

Transnational Issues French Polynesia

Disputes - international: none

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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Baker Island

Introduction Baker Island

Background: The US took possession of the island in 1857, and its guano
deposits were mined by US and British companies during the second half
of the 19th century. In 1935, a short-lived attempt at colonization was
begun on this island - as well as on nearby Howland Island - but was
disrupted by World War II and thereafter abandoned. Presently the island
is a National Wildlife Refuge run by the US Department of the Interior;
a day beacon is situated near the middle of the west coast.

Geography Baker Island

Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way
between Hawaii and Australia

Geographic coordinates: 0 13 N, 176 31 W

Map references: Oceania

Area: total: 1.4 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 1.4 sq km

Area - compa