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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...A 22161 Tel: (703) 487-4630 or: Document Expediting (DOCEX) Project Exchange and Gift Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 Tel: (202) 2... ...n style, format, coverage, ^ designed to meet their < requirements. Comments and queries may be addressed to: ,. j . Central Intelligence Ag M f* ' At... ...N, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO, WSG; suspended from QIC in January 1980 Economy GNP: $3.52 billion, $250 per capita (1985); real growth rate 2.5%... ...ember 1986) Fiscal year: 21 March-20 March Communications Railroads: 9.6 km (single track) 1.524- meter gauge, spur of Soviet line from Kushka (USSR) ... ...lendar year Communications Railroads: 437 km 425 1.435-meter standard gauge, single track, government owned; 12 km narrow gauge, single track (1986); ... ...1986 est.) Monetary conversion rate: official rate 30.214 kwanza=US$l; black market rate reportedly 1,200-1,500 kwanza=US$l (December 1986) Fiscal yea... ...M), a small leftist nationalist group led by Leonard (Tim) Hector Member of: CARICOM, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMF, ISO, OAS, UN, UNE... ...ionel Carey; Trade Union Congress (TUC), headed by Leonard Archer Member of: CARICOM, CDB, Common- wealth, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IBRD, ICAO, IDE... ...70 Egyptian pound=US$l; commercial bank rate 1.35 Egyptian pounds=US$l; free market rate 1.95 Egyptian pounds=US$l (December 1986) Fiscal year: 1 July...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disputes, climate, terrain, land use, environment, and special notes. In ...

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