CONGO (Continued)
Highways: 8,246 km total; 555 km bituminous surface treated; 848 km gravel, laterite, 1,623 km improved earth, and 5,220 km unimproved roads
Inland waterways: 6,485 km navigable
Pipelines: crude oil 25 km
Ports: 1 major (Pointe-Noire)
Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 63 total, 47 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 19 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: services adequate for government use; primary network is comprised of radio-relay routes and coaxial cables; key centers are Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo; 13,900 telephones (1.1 per 100 popl.); 3 AM stations, 1 FM station, and 4 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 360,000; 180,000 fit for military service; about 16,000 reach military age (20) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1981, $59.8 million; about 10.8% of central government budget
COOK ISLANDS
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LAND
About 240 km2
WATER
Limits of territorial waters: 3 nm
Coastline: about 120 km
PEOPLE
Population: 17,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 0.0%
Nationality: noun—Cook Islanders); adjective—Cook Islander
Ethnic divisions: 81.3% Polynesian (full blood), 7.7% Polynesian and European, 7.7% Polynesian and other, 2.4% European, 0.9% other
Religion: Christian, majority of populace members of Cook Islands Christian Church
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Cook Islands
Type: self-governing in "free association" with New Zealand; Cook Islands Government fully responsible for internal affairs and has right at any time to move to full independence by unilateral action; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs, in consultation with Cook Islands Government
Capital: Rarotonga
Branches: New Zealand Governor General appoints Representative to Cook Islands, who represents the Queen and the New Zealand Government; Representative appoints the Prime Minister; Parliament of 22 members, popularly elected; House of Arikis (chiefs), 15 members, appointed by Representative, an advisory body only
Government leader: Prime Minister Dr. Thomas (Tom) DAVIS
Suffrage: universal adult
Elections: every five years, latest in March 1978
