HONDURAS (Continued)
Exports: $835 million (f.o.b., 1980); bananas, coffee, lumber, meat, petroleum products
Imports: $1,019 million (c.i.f., 1980); manufactured products, machinery, transportation equipment, chemicals, petroleum
Major trade partners: exports—50% US, 9% CACM, 18% West Germany (1977); imports—43% US, 6% Venezuela, 12% CACM, 11% Japan, 4% West Germany (1977)
Aid: economic commitments—US, including Ex-Im, (FY70-80), $260 million loans; other Western (non-US) countries, ODA and ODF, (1970-79), $90.0 million; military-assistance from US (FY79-80), $23 million
Budget: (1980) expenditures $448 million, revenues $379 million
Monetary conversion rate: 2 lempiras=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: 751 km total; 293 km 1.067-meter gauge, 458 km 0.914-meter gauge
Highways: 8,950 km total; 1,700 km paved, 5,000 km otherwise improved, 2,250 km unimproved earth
Inland waterways: 1,200 km navigable by small craft
Ports: 5 major (Puerto Cortes, La Ceiba, Tela, San Lorenzo, Puerto Castilla), 3 minor
Civil air: 14 major transport aircraft, including 1 leased in
Airfields: 217 total, 213 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 6 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: improved, but still inadequate; connection into Central American microwave net; 20,000 telephones (0.5 per 100 popl.); 104 AM, 12 FM, and 7 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 874,000; 521,000 fit for military service; about 44,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1981, $45.2 million; about 6.7% of central government budget (includes the armed forces and other military)
HONG KONG
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LAND
1,036 km2; 14% arable, 10% forested, 76% other (mainly grass, shrub, steep hill country)
Land boundaries: 24 km
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 nm
Coastline: 733 km
PEOPLE
Population: 5,272,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 2.3%
Nationality: adjective—Hong Kong
Ethnic divisions: 98% Chinese, 2% other
Religion: 10% Christian, 90% eclectic mixture of local religions
Language: Chinese, English
Literacy: 75%
Labor force (1976 Census): 1.87 million; 45.3% manufacturing, 18.6% services, 6.0% construction, mining, quarrying and utilities, 19.4% commerce, 2.6% agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and hunting, 7.3% communications, 0.8% other; est. unemployment 3.0%, underemployment is a serious problem
Organized labor: 21% of 1976 labor force
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Hong Kong
Type: British colony
Capital: None
Political subdivisions: Hong Kong, Kowloon, and New Territories
Legal system: English common law
Branches: Governor assisted by advisory Executive Council; he legislates with advice and consent of Legislative Council; Urban Council which alone includes elected repre-
