Part 461

Exchange rates: rufiyaa (Rf) per US$1 - 11.770 (January 1996), 11.770 (1995), 11.586 (1994), 10.957 (1993), 10.569 (1992), 10.253 (1991)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation --------------

Railways: 0 km

Highways: total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km; note - Male has 9.6 km of coral highways within the city (1988 est.)

Ports: Gan, Male

Merchant marine: total: 20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 73,284 GRT/113,669 DWT ships by type: cargo 17, container 2, oil tanker 1 (1995 est.)

Airports: total: 2 with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1 with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications --------------

Telephones: 8,523 (1992 est.)

Telephone system: minimal domestic and international facilities domestic: NA international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 1, shortwave 0

Radios: 28,284 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 1

Televisions: 7,309 (1992 est.)

Defense -------

Branches: National Security Service (paramilitary police force)

Manpower availability: males age 15-49: 59,179 males fit for military service: 33,016 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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@Mali ----

Map ---

Location: 17 00 N, 4 00 W -- Western Africa, southwest of Algeria

Flag ----

Description: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

Geography ---------

Location: Western Africa, southwest of Algeria

Geographic coordinates: 17 00 N, 4 00 W