KENYA (Continued)
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: 2,040 km meter gauge (1.00 m)
Highways: 52,250 km total; 5,542 km paved, 16,500 km gravel, 29,550 km improved earth, remainder unimproved earth
Inland waterways: part of Lake Victoria and Lake Rudolph systems are within boundaries of Kenya
Pipelines: refined products, 483 km
Ports: 1 major (Mombasa)
Civil air: 13 major transport aircraft, including 2 leased in
Airfields: 216 total, 194 usable; 12 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 43 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: in top group of African systems; consists of radio-relay links, open-wire lines, and radiocommunication stations; 168,200 telephones (1.1 per 100 popl.); 9 AM, 2 FM, and 4 TV stations; Atlantic and Indian Ocean satellite service from 1 station
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 3,463,000; 2,130,000 fit for military service; no conscription
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 June 1980, $168.6 million; about 8% of central government budget
KIRIBATI
(formerly Gilbert Islands)
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LAND
About 690 km2
WATER
Limits of territorial waters: 3 nm (fishing 200 nm)
Coastline: about 1,143 km
PEOPLE
Population: 59,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 1.1%
Nationality: noun—Kiribatian(s); adjective—Kiribati
Ethnic divisions: Micronesian
Religion: Catholic
Literacy: adult literacy ratio 90%
Labor force: 15,921 (1973); general unemployment rate 4.9%
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Republic of Kiribati
Type: republic; became independent 12 July 1979
Capital: Tarawa
Branches: 35-member parliament, nationally elected President
Government leader: President Ieremia TABAI
Political parties and leaders: Gilbertese National Party, Christian Democratic Party
Member of: ADB, GATT (de facto)
ECONOMY
GDP: $36.0 million (1979 est.), $630 per capita
Agriculture: copra, subsistence crops of vegetables, supplemented by domestic fishing
Industry: phosphate production, which as of May 1979 was expected to cease in mid-1979
Electric power: 2,000 kW capacity (1981); 6 million kWh produced (1981), 104 kWh per capita
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