BRUNEI
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LAND
5,776 km2; 3% cultivated; 22% industry, waste, urban or other; 75% forested
Land boundaries: 381 km
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 nm
Coastline: 161 km
PEOPLE
Population: 252,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 5.6%
Nationality: noun—Bruneian(s); adjective—Bruneian
Ethnic divisions: 65% Malays, 24% Chinese, 11% other
Religion: 60% Muslim (Islam official religion); 8% Christian; 32% other (Buddhist and animist)
Language: Malay and English official, Chinese
Literacy: 45%
Labor force: 32,155; 30.5% agriculture; 32.8% industry, manufacturing, and construction; 33.8% trade, transport, services; 2.9% other
Organized labor: 8.4% of labor force
GOVERNMENT
Official name: State of Brunei
Type: British protectorate; constitutional sultanate
Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
Political subdivisions: four administrative districts
Legal system: based on Islamic law; constitution promulgated by the Sultan in 1959
Branches: Chief of State is Sultan (advised by appointed Privy Council) who appoints Executive Council and Legislative Council
Government leader: Sultan Hassanal BOLKIAH
Suffrage: universal age 21 and over; three-tiered system of indirect elections; popular vote cast for lowest level (district councilors)
Elections: last elections—March 1965; further elections postponed indefinitely
Political parties and leaders: antigovernment, exiled Brunei People's Party, Chairman A. M. N. Azahari
Communists: information not available
ECONOMY
GNP: $460 million (1975 est.), $2,970 per capita
Agriculture: main crops—rubber, rice, pepper, must import most food
Major industry: crude petroleum, liquefied natural gas
Electric power: 147,000 kW capacity (1981); 404 million kWh produced (1981), 1,740 kWh per capita
Exports: $1,900 million (f.o.b., 1978); 95% crude petroleum and liquefied natural gas
Imports: $261 million (c.i.f., 1978); 25% machinery and transport equipment, 46% manufactured goods, 16% food
Major trade partners: exports of crude petroleum and liquefied natural gas to Japan; imports from Japan 30%, US 24%, UK 15%, Singapore 9%
Budget: (1979) revenues $1 billion, expenditures $507 million, surplus $493 million; 70% defense
Monetary conversion rate: 2.2 Brunei dollars=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: 13 km narrow gauge (0.610 m) private line
Highways: 1,090 km total; 370 km paved (bituminous treated), with another 52 km under construction, 720 km gravel or unimproved
Inland waterways: 209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 meters
Ports: 1 major (Muara), 4 minor
Pipelines: crude oil, 135 km; refined products, 56 km; natural gas, 56 km; crude oil and natural gas, 241 km under construction
Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 3 total, 2 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: service throughout country is adequate for present needs; international service good to adjacent Sabah and Sarawak; radiobroadcast coverage good; 15,672 telephones (8.8 per 100 popl.); Radio Brunei broadcasts from 6 AM/FM stations and 1 TV station
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 62,000; 36,000 fit for military service; about 2,600 reach military age (18) annually
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