MALAWI (Continued)
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: 754 km 1.067-meter gauge
Highways: 11,311 km total; 2,361 km paved; 381 km crushed stone, gravel, or stabilized soil; 8,569 km improved earth
Inland waterways: Lake Malawi, 1,290 km and Shire River, 144 km, 3 lake ports
Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft, including 1 leased in
Airfields: 50 total, 47 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 9 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: fair system of open-wire lines, radio-relay links, and radiocommunications stations; 28,800 telephones (0.5 per 100 popl.); 8 AM, 4 FM, and no TV stations; 1 Indian Ocean satellite station
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,348,000; about 683,000 fit for military service
MALAYSIA
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NOTE: established on 16 September 1963, Malaysia consists of Peninsular Malaysia, which includes 11 states of the former Federation of Malaya, plus East Malaysia, which includes the 2 former colonies of North Borneo (renamed Sabah) and Sarawak
LAND
Peninsular Malaysia: 131,313 km2; 20% cultivated, 26% forest reserves, 54% other
Sabah: 76,146 km2; 13% cultivated, 34% forest reserves, 53% other
Sarawak: 125,097 km2; 21% cultivated, 24% forest reserves, 55% other
Land boundaries: 509 km Peninsular Malaysia, 1,786 km East Malaysia
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 nm (fishing 200 nm, exclusive economic zone 200 nm)
Coastline: 2,068 km Peninsular Malaysia, 2,607 km East Malaysia
PEOPLE
Population: 14,661,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 2.3%
Peninsular Malaysia: 12,105,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 2.1%
Sabah: 1,135,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 4.1%
Sarawak: 1,421,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 2.6%
Nationality: noun—Malaysian(s); adjective—Malaysian
Ethnic divisions:
Malaysia: 50% Malay, 35% Chinese, 10% Indian
Peninsular Malaysia: 53% Malay, 35% Chinese, 11% Indian and Pakistani, 1% other
Sabah: 69% indigenous tribes, 21% Chinese, 10% other
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