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Background: First settled by the French in the early 17th century the islands represent the sole remaining vestige of France's once vast North American possessions.


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Location

Geographic coordinates

Map reference

Area

Land boundaries: none

Coastline: 120 km

Maritime claims: Exclusive economic zone:200 nm; Territorial sea:12 nm

Climate: cold and wet, with much mist and fog; spring and autumn are windy

Terrain: mostly barren rock

Elevation

Natural resources: fish, deepwater ports

Land use: arable land: 13%; permanent crops: 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 4%; other 83%

Irrigated land

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography
Note: located 25 km south of Newfoundland, Canada, in the North Atlantic Ocean


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Population: 6,356 (July 1991), growth rate 0.4% (1991)

Nationality: noun--Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women); adjective--French

Ethnic groups: originally Basques and Bretons (French fishermen)

Languages: French

Religions: Roman Catholic 98%

Demographic profile

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate

Birth rate: 17 births/1000 population (1991)

Death rate: 7 deaths/1000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 6 migrants/1000 population (1991)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: vegetation scanty

Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 9 deaths/1000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 79 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman (1991)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: 99% (male 99%, female 99%) age 15 and over can read and write (1982)

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


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Country name: conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Government type: territorial collectivity of France

Capital: Saint-Pierre

Administrative divisions: none (territorial collectivity of France)

Dependent areas

Independence: none (territorial collectivity of France); note--has been under French control since 1763

National holiday: National Day, 14 July (Taking of the Bastille)

Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)

Legal system: French law

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: universal at age 18

Executive branch: Chief of State--President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981); Head of Government--Commissioner of the Republic Jean-Pierre MARQUIE (since February 1989); President of the General Council Marc PLANTEGENEST (since NA)

Legislative branch: unicameral General Council

Judicial branch: Superior Tribunal of Appeals (Tribunal Superieur d'Appel)

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation: FZ, WFTU

Diplomatic representation
In the us: as a territorial collectivity of France, local interests are represented in the US by France

Flag description: the flag of France is used

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


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Economy overview: The inhabitants have traditionally earned their livelihood by fishing and by servicing fishing fleets operating off the coast of Newfoundland. The economy has been declining, however, because the number of ships stopping at Saint Pierre has dropped steadily over the years. In March 1989, an agreement between France and Canada set fish quotas for Saint Pierre's trawlers fishing in Canadian and Canadian-claimed waters for three years. The agreement settles a longstanding dispute that had virtually brought fish exports to a halt. The islands are heavily subsidized by France. Imports come primarily from Canada and France.

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate

Real gdp per capita

Gross national saving

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: vegetables, cattle, sheep and pigs for local consumption; fish catch, 20,500 metric tons (1989)

Industries: fish processing and supply base for fishing fleets; tourism

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Labor force: 2,850 (1988)

Unemployment rate: 8.3% (1988)

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $18.3 million; expenditures $18.3 million, including capital expenditures of $5.5 million (1989)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: calendar year

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $24.1 million (f.o.b., 1988)

Imports: $61.6 million (c.i.f., 1988)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external: $N/A

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: French francs (F) per US$1--5.1307 (January 1991), 5.4453 (1990), 6.3801 (1989), 5.9569 (1988), 6.0107 (1987), 6.9261 (1986), 8.9852 (1985)


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Electricity
Capacity: 10,000 kW capacity; 25 million kWh produced, 3,970 kWh per capita (1989)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


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Military expenditures

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 2 total, 2 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways, none with runways over 2,439 m; 1 with runway 1,220-2,439 m

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways

Merchant marine

Ports and terminals


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Disputes international: focus of maritime boundary dispute between Canada and France

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs