1983 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1983 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Airfields
8 total, 8 usable; 2 with permanentsurface runways; 1 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Branches
Army, paramilitary, Gendarmerie
Budget
(1981) revenues $146.0 million; current expenditures $146.0 million, development expenditures $32.3 million
Civil air
1 major transport aircraft
Coastline
135 km People
Ethnic divisions
mainly of African Negro descent
External debt
$170 million (1980), external debt ratio 3.8% (1980)
Fiscal year
calendar year Communications
Highways
5,688 km total; 460 km paved, 1,725 km gravel and/or improved earth, remainder unimproved
Inland waterways
Lake Kivu navigable by shallow draft barges and native craft
Labor force
30,000 (1979 est.)
Language
English
Limits of territorial waters (claimed)
3 nm (12 nm fishing zone)
Literacy
80%
Military budget
for fiscal year ending 31 December 1983, $34.4 million; 14% of central government budget At/antic Ocean ST. CHRISTOPHER*. AND NEVIS ' Caribbean Sea Land 261 km2; 40% arable, 33% waste and built on, 17% forest, 10% pasture Water
Military manpower
males 15-49, 1,248,000; 632,000 fit for military service; no conscription
Monetary conversion rate
98.6813 Rwanda francs=US$l (February 1984)
Nationality
noun — Kittsian(s), Nevisian(s); adjective — Kittsian, Nevisian
Official name
Federation of St. Christopher and Nevis
Organized labor
6,700 Government
Population
44,000 (July 1984), average annual growth rate —0.3%
Railroads
none
Religion
Anglican, other Protestant sects, Roman Catholic
Telecommunications
fair system with lowcapacity radio-relay system centered on Kigali; 4,600 telephones (0. 1 per 100 popl.); 2 AM, 5 FM, no TV stations; SYMPHONIE satellite station, 1 Indian Ocean satellite station Defense Forces
Type
independent state within Commonwealth, recognizing Elizabeth II as Chief of State St. Christopher and Nevis (continued)