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ers: UK, South Africa Debt--external: $NA Economic aid--recipient: $12.6 million (1995); note?$5.3 million from UK (1997) Currency: 1 Saint Helenian pound (LS) = 100 pence Exchange rates: Saint Helenian pounds (LS) per US$1--0.6057 (January 1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6047 (1997), 0.6403 (1996), 0.6335 (1995), 0.6529 (1994); note--the Saint Helenian pound is at par with the British pound Fiscal year: 1 April--31 March Communications Telephones: 550 Telephone system: domestic: automatic network; HF radiotelephone from Saint Helena 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; satellite earth stations--2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 Radios: 2,500 (1993 est.) Television broadcast stations: 0 (1997) Televisions: NA Communications--note: Gough Island has a meteorological station Transportation Railways: 0 km Highways: total: NA km (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension NA km, Tristan da Cunha NA km) paved: 180.7 km (Saint Helena 98 km, Ascension 80 km, Tristan da Cunha 2.70 km) unpaved: NA km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension NA km, Tristan da Cunha NA km) Ports and harbors: Georgetown (on Ascension), Jamestown Merchant marine: none Airports: 1 (1998 est.) Airports--with paved runways: total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (1998 est.) Military Military--note: defense is the responsibility of the UK Transnational Issues Disputes--international: none ====================================================================== @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 Geographic coordinates: 17 20 N, 62 45 W Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Area: total: 269 sq km land: 269 sq km water: 0 sq km Area--comparative: 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 135 km Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm Climate: subtropical tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variat
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