CANADA (Continued)
Imports: $59,473 million (f.o.b., 1980); principal items—transportation equipment, machinery, crude petroleum, communication equipment, textiles, steel, fabricated metals, office machines, fruits and vegetables
Major trade partners: 67% US, 11% EC, 4.4% Japan (1980)
Aid: economic—(received US, $412.8 million Ex-Im Bank, FY70-79); Canada commitments to LDCs (1970-79), bilateral ODA and OOF, $12.0 billion
Budget: total revenues $42,250 million; current expenditures $51,213 million; gross capital expenditure $1,014 million; budget deficit $9,167 million (1980; National Accounts Basis)
Monetary conversion rate: there is no designated par value for the Canadian dollar, which was allowed to float freely on the exchanges beginning 1 June 1970; since then the Canadian dollar has moved between US$0.81-1.04 in value, C$1.00=US$0.8572 (official rate, 1980 average)
Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: 68,978 km total; 67,616 km standard gauge (1.435 m), 43 km electrified; 1,183 km 1.067-meter gauge (in Newfoundland); 179 km 0.914-meter gauge
Highways: 829,325 km total; 640,850 km surfaced (189,800 km paved), 188,475 km earth
Inland waterways: 3,000 km
Pipelines: oil, 23,564 km total crude and refined; natural gas, 74,980 km
Ports: 19 major, 300 minor
Civil air: 599 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 1,863 total, 1,510 usable; 358 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways over 3,659 m, 30 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 316 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: excellent service provided by modern telecom media; 15.9 million telephones (66.6 per 100 popl.); countrywide AM, FM, and TV coverage including 630 AM, 80 FM, and 500 TV stations; 8 coaxial submarine cables; 2 satellite stations with total of 5 antennas and 70 domestic satellite stations
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 6,694,000; 5,744,000 fit for military service; 202,000 reach military age (17) annually
CAPE VERDE
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LAND
4,040 km2, divided among 10 islands and several islets
WATER
Limits of territorial waters: 12 nm (fishing 200 nm, economic 200 nm)
Coastline: 965 km
PEOPLE
Population: 293,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 0.6%
Nationality: noun—Cape Verdean(s); adjective—Cape Verdean
Ethnic divisions: about 71% mulatto; 28% African; 1% European
Religion: Catholicism, fused with local superstitions
Language: Portuguese and Crioulo, a blend of Portuguese and West African words
Literacy: 37%
Labor force: bulk of population engaged in subsistence agriculture
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Republic of Cape Verde
National holiday: 12 September
Type: republic; achieved independence from Portugal in July 1975
Capital: Praia
Political subdivisions: 10 islands
Legal system: to be determined
National holiday: Independence Day, 5 July
Branches: National Assembly, 56 members; the official party is the supreme political institution
Government leaders: President Aristides PEREIRA; Prime Minister Pedro P1RES; Minister of Foreign Affairs Silvino da LUZ
Suffrage: universal over age 15
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