HUNGARY (Continued)
Highways: 29,759 km total; 25,000 km concrete, asphalt, stone block; 4,101 km asphalt treated, gravel, crushed stone; 658 km earth (1980)
Inland waterways: 1,688 km (1980)
Pipelines: crude oil, 1,500 km; refined products, 500 km; natural gas, 2,896 km
Freight carried: rail—135.2 million metric tons, 24,6 billion metric ton/km (1980); highway—237.8 million metric tons, 6.2 billion metric ton/km (1980); waterway—est. 4.1 million metric tons, 6.8 billion metric ton/km (excluding international transit traffic)
River ports: 2 principal (Budapest, Dunaujvaros); no maritime ports; outlets are Rostock, GDR; Gdansk, Gdynia, and Szczecin in Poland; and Galati and Braila in Romania (1978)
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,594,000; 2,085,000 fit for military service; about 67,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: announced for fiscal year ending 31 December 1981, 18 billion forints; 3.7% of total budget
ICELAND
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LAND
102,952 km2; arable negligible, 22% meadows and pastures, forested negligible, 78% other
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 4 nm (fishing 200 nm; exclusive economic zone 200 nm)
Coastline: 4,988 km
PEOPLE
Population: 233,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 1.0%
Nationality: noun—Icelander(s); adjective—Icelandic
Ethnic divisions: homogeneous white population
Religion: 95% Evangelical Lutheran, 3% other Protestant and Roman Catholic, 2% no affiliation
Language: Icelandic
Literacy: 99%
Labor force: 102,000; 9.0% agriculture; 5.4% fishing; 8.0% fish processing; 16.8% other manufacturing; 12.2% construction; 18.6% commerce, finance, and services; 6.3% transportation and communications; 23.7% other; unemployment 1979 est., 0.4%
Organized labor: 60% of labor force
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Republic of Iceland
Type: republic
Capital: Reykjavik
Political subdivisions: 23 rural districts, 215 parishes, 14 incorporated towns
Legal system: civil law system based on Danish law; constitution adopted 1944; legal education at University of Iceland; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
National holiday: Anniversary of the Establishment of the Republic, 17 June
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