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Transport Stats: compare key data on Baker Island & India

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  • Ports and harbors: The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).
  • Ports and terminals: This entry lists major ports and terminals primarily on the basis of the amount of cargo tonnage shipped through the facilities on an annual basis. In some instances, the number of containers handled or ship visits were also considered.
  • Transnational Issues > Disputes > International: Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country.
STAT Baker Island India HISTORY
Ports and harbors none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one small boat landing area along the middle of the west coast Chennai (Madras), Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Vishakhapatnam
Ports and terminals none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one small boat landing area along the middle of the west coast Chennai, Jawaharal Nehru Port, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Sikka, Vishakhapatnam
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International <a href=/country/vt>none</a> Kashmir remains the world's most highly militarized territorial dispute with portions under the de facto administration of <a href=/country/ch>China</a> (Aksai Chin), <a href=/country/in>India</a> (Jammu and Kashmir), and <a href=/country/pk>Pakistan</a> (Azad Kashmir and <a href=/encyclopedia/Northern-Areas,-Pakistan>Northern Areas</a>), but recent discussions and confidence-building measures among parties are beginning to defuse tensions; <a href=/country/in>India</a> does not recognize Pakistan's ceding lands to <a href=/country/ch>China</a> in the 1965 boundary agreement; disputes with <a href=/country/pk>Pakistan</a> over <a href=/encyclopedia/Indus-River>Indus</a> River water sharing and the terminus of the Sir Creek Estuary at the mouth of the Rann of Kutch, which prevents maritime boundary delimitation; <a href=/country/pk>Pakistani</a> maps continue to show Junagadh claim in <a href=/country/in>Indian</a> Gujarat <a href=/encyclopedia/U.S.-State>State</a>; most of the rugged, militarized boundary with <a href=/country/ch>China</a> is in dispute, but sides have committed to begin resolution with discussions on the least disputed Middle Sector; Joint Border Committee with <a href=/country/np>Nepal</a> continues to work on resolution of minor disputed boundary <a href=/encyclopedia/Structure-of-Atlas-Shrugged>sections</a>; discussions with <a href=/country/bg>Bangladesh</a> remain stalled to delimit a small <a href=/encyclopedia/Structure-of-Atlas-Shrugged>section</a> of river boundary, to exchange 162 miniscule enclaves in both countries, to allocate divided villages, and to stop illegal cross-border trade, migration, and violence; <a href=/country/bg>Bangladesh</a> protests India's attempts to fence off high-traffic <a href=/encyclopedia/Structure-of-Atlas-Shrugged>sections</a> of the porous boundary; dispute with <a href=/country/bg>Bangladesh</a> over <a href=/encyclopedia/volcano>volcanic</a> New Moore/South Talpatty/Purbasha Island in the Bay of Bengal deters maritime boundary delimitation; <a href=/country/in>India</a> seeks cooperation from <a href=/country/bt>Bhutan</a> and <a href=/country/bm>Burma</a> to keep out <a href=/country/in>Indian</a> Nagaland insurgents; joint border commission continues to work on small disputed <a href=/encyclopedia/Structure-of-Atlas-Shrugged>sections</a> of boundary with <a href=/country/np>Nepal</a>; <a href=/country/in>India</a> has instituted a stricter border <a href=/graph-T/cur_reg>regime</a> to restrict transit of <a href=/encyclopedia/Maoism>Maoist</a> insurgents and illegal cross-border activities from <a href=/country/np>Nepal</a>

SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001

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