island with some fertile valleys interspersed Natural resources: soil, hydropower potential, tin, phosphates, iron ore Land use: arable land: 23% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 2% forest and woodland: 49% other: 16% Irrigated land: 10 km2 (1989 est.) Electricity: 23,000 kW capacity; 200 million kWh produced, 120 kWh per capita (1990) Industries: copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber Agriculture: dominated by the unmistakable noises of the other white men turned with
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