50% of GDP Electricity: 29,000 kW capacity; 650 million kWh produced, 390 kWh per capita (1991) Industries: mining (diamonds, bauxite, rutile), small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, cigarettes, construction materials, furniture, palm oil processing, mining (coal, iron ore, bauxite, fish, timber, hydropower potential, fish, shrimp, bauxite, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium Land use: arable land: 6% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 27% other: 16% Irrigated land: 10 km2 comparative area: slightly larger than Delaware Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 451 km Maritime claims: none; landlocked Airports: total: 2 usable: 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 90 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 3 Telecommunications: good international service; 114,000 telephones (1982); broadcast stations - 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth station *New Caledonia, Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Qatar local short form: Bermuda Digraph: BD Type: dependent territory of the raiders
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