WESTERN SAMOA (Continued)
Branches: Head of State and Executive Council; Legislative Assembly; Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Land and Titles Court, village courts
Government leaders: Head of State, MALIETOA Tanumafili II; Prime Minister Taisi Tupuola EFI
Suffrage: 45 Samoan members of Legislative Assembly are elected by holders of matai (heads of family) titles (about 12,000 persons); two members who do not have traditional family ties are elected by universal adult suffrage
Elections: held triennially, last in February 1982
Political parties and leaders: no clearly defined political party structure
Communists: unknown
Member of: ADB, Commonwealth, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IMF, South Pacific Forum, South Pacific Commission, UN, UPU, WHO
ECONOMY
GNP: $70 million (1978), $450 per capita
Agriculture: cocoa, bananas, copra; staple foods include coconut, bananas, taro, and yams
Major industries: timber, tourism
Electric power: 16,900 kW capacity (1981); 41 million kWh produced (1981), 263 kWh per capita
Exports: $11.1 million (f.o.b., 1978); copra 43.3%, cocoa 32.3%, timber 2.0%, mineral fuel, bananas
Imports: $52.5 million (c.i.f., 1978); food 30%, manufactured goods 25%, machinery
Major trade partners: exports—37% New Zealand, 7% Netherlands, 36% West Germany, 8% US; imports—28% New Zealand, 20% Australia, 15% Japan, 13% US
Aid: economic commitments—US (FY70-80), $8 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF (1970-79), $72 million
Budget: (1977) $53.3 million
Monetary conversion rate: WS Tala=US$1.22 (1979)
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: none
Highways: 784 km total; 375 km bituminous, remainder mostly gravel, crushed stone, or earth
Inland waterways: none
Ports: 1 principal (Apia), 1 minor
Civil air: 2 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 4 total, 4 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways, 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: 3,800 telephones (2.5 per 100 popl.); 20,000 radio receivers; 1 AM station
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 35,000; 18,000 fit for military service
YEMEN (ADEN)
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LAND
287,490 km2; (border with Saudi Arabia undefined); only about 1% arable (of which less than 25% cultivated)
Land boundaries: 1,802 km
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 nm (plus 6 nm "necessary supervision zone"); fishing 200 nm, economic 200 nm
Coastline: 1,383 km
PEOPLE
Population: 2,022,000, excluding the islands of Perim and Kamaran for which no data are available (July 1982), average annual growth rate 2.8%
Nationality: noun—Yemeni(s); adjective—Yemeni
Ethnic divisions: almost all Arabs; a few Indians, Somalis, and Europeans
Religion: Muslim
Language: Arabic
Literacy: probably no higher than 10%; Aden 35% (est.)
GOVERNMENT
Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Type: republic; power centered in ruling Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP)
Capital: Aden; Madinat ash Sha'b, administrative capital
Political subdivisions: 6 provinces
Legal system: based on Islamic law (for personal matters) and English common law (for commercial matters); highest judicial organ, Federal High Court, interprets constitution and determines disputes between states
National holiday: 14 October
Branches: Supreme People's Council; Cabinet Government leaders: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council, YSP Secretary General, and Prime Minister—'Ali Nasir Muhammad al-HASANI
