Statistical information Martinique 1992Martinique

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Martinique - Introduction 1992
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Background: Colonized by France in 1635 the island has subsequently remained a French possession except for three brief periods of foreign occupation.


Martinique - Geography 1992
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Location

Geographic coordinates

Map reference

Area
Total: 1,100 km²
Land: 1,060 km²
Comparative: slightly more than six times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: none

Coastline: 290 km

Maritime claims
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Disputes: none

Climate:
tropical; moderated by trade winds; rainy season (June to
October)


Terrain: mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano

Elevation

Natural resources: coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land
Land use

Land use: arable land: 10%; permanent crops: 8%; meadows and pastures 30%; forest and woodland 26%; other 26%; includes irrigated 5%

Irrigated land

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


Martinique - People 1992
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Population: 371,803 (July 1992), growth rate 1.4% (1992)

Nationality:
noun - Martiniquais (singular and plural); adjective -
Martiniquais


Ethnic groups:
African and African-Caucasian-Indian mixture 90%,
Caucasian 5%, East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese less than 5%


Languages: French, Creole patois

Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5%

Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate

Birth rate: 19 births/1000 population (1992)

Death rate: 6 deaths/1000 population (1992)

Net migration rate: 1 migrant/1000 population (1992)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: subject to hurricanes, flooding, and volcanic activity that result in an average of one major natural disaster every five years
Current issues note: located 625 km southeast of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea

Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 11 deaths/1000 live births (1992)

Life expectancy at birth: 75 years male, 81 years female (1992)

Total fertility rate: 1.9 children born/woman (1992)

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: 93% (male 92%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1982)

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


Martinique - Government 1992
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Country name
Conventional long form: Department of Martinique

Government type: overseas department of France

Capital: Fort-de-France

Administrative divisions: none (overseas department of France)

Dependent areas

Independence: none (overseas department of France)

National holiday: Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)

Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)

Legal system: French legal system

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: universal at age 18
French National Assembly:
last held on 5 and 12 June 1988 (next to be held June 1993); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (4 total)
PPM 1, FSM 1, RPR 1, UDF 1

French Senate: last held 24 September 1989 (next to be held September 1992); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (2 total) UDF 1, PPM 1
General Council: last held in October 1988 (next to be held by March 1991); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (44 total) number of seats by party NA
Regional Assembly: last held on 16 March 1986 (next to be held by March 1992); results - UDF/RPR coalition 49.8%, PPM/FSM/PCM coalition 41.3%, other 8.9%; seats - (41 total) PPM/FSM/PCM coalition 21, UDF/RPR coalition 20
Communists: 1,000 (est.)

Executive branch: government commissioner

Legislative branch: unicameral General Council

Judicial branch: Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation: FZ, WCL
Diplomatic representation:
as an overseas department of France,
Martiniquais interests are represented in the US by France

US:
Consul General Raymond G. ROBINSON; Consulate General at 14 Rue
Blenac, Fort-de-France (mailing address is B. P. 561, Fort-de-France 97,206); telephone 596 63-13-03


Diplomatic representation

Flag descriptionflag of Martinique: the flag of France is used

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


Martinique - Economy 1992
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Economy overview: The economy is based on sugarcane, bananas, tourism, and light industry. Agriculture accounts for about 12% of GDP and the small industrial sector for 10%. Sugar production has declined, with most of the sugarcane now used for the production of rum. Banana exports are increasing, going mostly to France. The bulk of meat, vegetable, and grain requirements must be imported, contributing to a chronic trade deficit that requires large annual transfers of aid from France. Tourism has become more important than agricultural exports as a source of foreign exchange. The majority of the work force is employed in the service sector and in administration. In 1986 per capita GDP was relatively high at $6,000. During 1986 the unemployment rate was 30% and was particularly severe among younger workers.
GDP: exchange rate conversion - $2.0 billion, per capita $6,000; real growth rate NA% (1986)

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate

Real gdp per capita

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products:
including fishing and forestry, accounts for about 12% of
GDP; principal crops - pineapples, avocados, bananas, flowers, vegetables, and sugarcane for rum; dependent on imported food, particularly meat and vegetables


Industries: construction, rum, cement, oil refining, sugar, tourism

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate NA%

Labor force: 100,000; service industry 31.7%, construction and public works 29.4%, agriculture 13.1%, industry 7.3%, fisheries 2.2%, other 16.3%
Organized labor: 11% of labor force
Labor force

Unemployment rate: 30% (1986)

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $268 million; expenditures $268 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1989 est.)

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: $196 million (f.o.b., 1988)
Commodoties: refined petroleum products, bananas, rum, pineapples
Partners: France 65%, Guadeloupe 24%, Germany (1987)

Imports: $1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1988)
Commodoties: petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods
Partners: France 65%, UK, Italy, Germany, Japan, US (1987)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: French francs (F) per US$1 - 5.3801 (January 1992), 5.6421 (1991), 5.4453 (1990), 6.3801 (1989), 5.9569 (1988), 6.0107 (1987)


Martinique - Energy 1992
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Electricity
Production: 113,100 kW capacity; 588 million kWh produced, 1,703 kWh per capita (1991)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


Martinique - Communication 1992
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


Martinique - Military 1992
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Military expenditures

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


Martinique - Transportation 1992
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports:
2 total; 2 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway 2,440-3,659 m; 1
with runways less than 2,439 m


Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways

Merchant marine

Ports and terminals


Martinique - Transnational issues 1992
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Disputes international

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs


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