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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...lines: natural gas, 180 km Ports: 3 minor river ports (Shir Khan is largest) Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft Airfields: 42 total, 34 usable; 12 ... ...terways 29.2 million metric tons/km (1983) Ports: 1 major (Durre's), 3 minor Civil air: none Airfields: 10 total; 6 with runways 2,500 m or longer Tel... ...oducts, 298 km; natural gas, 2,948 km Ports: 6 major, 6 secondary, 1 1 minor Civil air: 40 major transport aircraft Airfields: 154 total, 146 usable; ... ...lantains, bananas, and other local foodstuffs; disrup- tions caused by civil war require food imports Fishing: catch 112,000 metric tons (1982) Major ... ...31,144,775 (July 1987), aver- age annual growth rate 1.27% Nationality: noun Argentine(s); adjec- tive Argentine Ethnic divisions: 85% white, 15% mest... ...ganized labor: 3 million; about 33% of labor force Government Official name: Argentine Republic Type: republic Capital: Buenos Aires Administrative di... ...eral Confederation of Labor (Peronist- leaning umbrella labor organization), Argentine Industrial Union (manufacturers' association), Argentine Rural ... ...plagues of locusts have caused widespread food shortages, and years of civil war have devastated the economy. GDP: $405.7 million, $90 per capita (198... ...wth rate 3.32%; figures do not take into account the impact of the Iran-Iraq war Nationality: noun Iranian(s); adjective Iranian Ethnic divisions: 63%...

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