29 October 2003

CIA - The World Factbook -- Philippines

This is one of my links (the ones on the left). You can find it on the Government Sites bar or whatever that thing that goes down when you click on it is called.

Anyway, I just want to browse over some of what it contains:

The Philippines.

Natural hazards: astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis

Religions:Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3%
Area - comparative: slightly larger than Arizona
Debt - external: $60.3 billion (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 11.35 million (2001)
Internet users: 4.5 million (2002)
Airports - with paved runways:82
Airports - with unpaved runways:175
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

Okay now,

1. Natural Hazards they should put in stupid politicians and their relatives.
2. Isn't it scary that our airports are categorized under Paved and Unpaved?
3. How big is Arizona?
4. Contrary to what I heard, our sex ratio is 1 to 1. I guess, they didn't account for the homosexuals which would tip the ratio a bit towards the females.
5. Funny that there is a section on the Military but none for the Police. I guess the CIA thinks that they're virtually non-existent.