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US AID 1996
Latin American and the Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data
Environmental Indicators

 


COASTLINE ACTIVITY

 

Length of Marine Coastline (km)

Maritime Area (000 sq km) Shelf to 200 m Depth

Exclusive Economic Zone

Average Annual Volume of Goods Loaded and Unloaded
(000 metric tons)
Petroleum
Crude
1988-90

Product

 

Dry Cargo

Offshore ProductionOil (000 m. tons)

Gas (mill. cu meters)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Urban Population in Coastal Cities In Thousands

 

 

 

1988-90

1988-90

1992

1992

1980

2000 proj.

Antigua and Barbuda

153

 

 

 

60

79

0

0

 

 

Argentina

4,989

796

1,165

260

3,336

32,367

0

0

12,273

16,643

Bahamas

3,542

86

759

10,524

3,702

3,222

0

0

 

 

Barbados

97

0

167

107

51

573

0

0

100

146

Belize

386

 

 

 

106

306

0

0

 

 

Brazil

7,491

769

3,168

31,467

3,607

184,934

26,145

7,236

25,616

49,160

Chile

6,435

27

2,288

2,462

230

17,333

847

569

3,212

4,856

Colombia

2,414

68

603

9,442

6,901

15,231

0

0

2,926

3,926

Costa Rica

1,290

16

259

464

336

2,662

0

0

1,050

2,258

Cuba

3,735

 

363

5,850

3,821

14,244

0

0

6,628

8,942

Dominica

148

 

20

 

5

93

0

0

 

 

Dominican Republic

1,288

18

269

1,630

785

4,358

0

0

2,787

5,797

Ecuador

2,237

47

1,159

7,423

1,280

3,472

0

0

1,529

3,877

El Salvador

307

18

92

716

17

1,140

0

0

1,680

3,049

Grenada

121

 

27

 

22

71

0

0

 

 

Guadeloupe

306

 

 

 

370

1,221

0

0

 

 

Guatemala

400

12

99

683

204

4,232

0

0

780

932

Guyana

459

50

130

 

474

1,919

0

0

213

425

Haiti

1,771

11

161

 

11

838

0

0

1,216

2,845

Honduras

820

54

201

397

204

1,849

0

0

583

1,923

Jamaica

1,022

40

298

1,210

1,203

10,122

0

0

1,016

1,689

Mexico

9,330

442

2,851

71,817

7,377

19,833

85,656

11,370

6,529

9,501

Nicaragua

910

73

160

495

183

1,280

0

0

1,166

2,837

Panama

2,490

57

307

1,192

441

1,939

0

0

989

1,749

Peru

2,414

83

1,027

1,175

857

12,504

3,685

0

6,975

14,339

Suriname

386

 

101

 

615

6,185

0

0

140

216

Trinidad & Tobago

362

29

77

6,518

2,670

5,638

6,922

5,799

623

1,110

Uruguay

660

57

119

975

9

1,123

0

0

1,511

1,862

Venezuela

2,800

88

364

58,367

23,564

26,768

4,278

5,375

5,158

9,324

Source: World Resources Institute, World Resources Report 1994-1995.

U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.


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