Part 647

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

Railways: 0 km; note - there is a 1.5 km cable railway connecting the city of San Marino to Borgo Maggiore

Highways: total: 220 km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km

Ports: none

Airports: none

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

Telephones: 22,300 (1992 est.)

Telephone system: domestic: automatic telephone system completely integrated into Italian system international: microwave radio relay and cable connections to Italian network; no satellite earth stations

Radio broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA (1 private radio broadcast station)

Radios: 12,535 (1991 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 1 (1991 est.) note: receives broadcasts from Italy

Televisions: 7,500 (1992 est.)

Defense -------

Branches: Voluntary Military Force, Police Force

Manpower availability: males age 15-49: NA males fit for military service: NA

Defense expenditures: $3.7 million (1% of GDP) (1992 est.)

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@Sao Tome and Principe ---------------------

Map ---

Location: 1 00 N, 7 00 E -- Western Africa, island in the Atlantic Ocean, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon

Flag ----

Description: three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow (double width), and green with two black five-pointed stars placed side by side in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

Geography ---------

Location: Western Africa, island in the Atlantic Ocean, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon

Geographic coordinates: 1 00 N, 7 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area: total area: 960 sq km land area: 960 sq km comparative area: more than five times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km