EL SALVADOR (Continued)
Member of: Central American Common Market (CACM), FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, ITU, IWC—International Wheat Council, OAS, ODECA, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
ECONOMY
GDP: $3.5 billion (1980), $667 per capita; 83% private consumption, 17% government consumption, 24% gross domestic investment; -24% net foreign balance; real growth rate, -10.0% (1980) Agriculture: main crops—coffee, cotton, corn, sugar, rice, beans; caloric intake, 2,051 calories per day per capita (1977); protein intake 51 grams per day per capita (1974)
Fishing: catch 5,487 metric tons (1978)
Major industries: food processing, textiles, clothing, petroleum products
Electric power: 480,000 kW capacity (1981); 1.3 billion kWh produced (1981), 266 kWh per capita
Exports: $969 million (f.o.b., 1980); coffee, cotton, sugar
Imports: $907 million (c.i.f., 1980); machinery, automotive vehicles, petroleum, foodstuffs, fertilizer
Major trade partners: exports—32% US, 22% CACM, 33% EC, 13% other (1977); imports—28% US, 24% CACM, 14% EC, 8% Japan, 26% other (1979)
Aid: economic—authorized from US, including Ex-Im (FY70-80), $149 million; ODA and OOF committed by other Western countries (1970-79), $71 million; military—from US (FY70-80), $16 million
Budget: (1980) $412 million current revenues, $569 million expenditures
Monetary conversion rate: 2.5 colones=US$1 (official)
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: 602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single tracked
Highways: 10,000 km total; 1,500 km paved, 4,100 km gravel, 4,400 km improved and unimproved earth
Inland waterways: Lempa River partially navigable
Pipelines: crude oil 1,051 km; refined products 431 km; natural gas 365 km
Ports: 2 major (Acajutla, La Unión), 1 minor
Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 158 total, 146 usable; 5 with permanent-surfaced runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: nationwide trunk radio-relay system; connection into Central American microwave net; 70,000 telephones (1.5 per 100 popl.); 60 AM, 9 FM, and 5 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean Satellite station
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,057,000; 673,000 fit for military service; 55,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1982, $133.9 million; central government budget unknown
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
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LAND
28,051 km2; Rio Muni, about 25,900 km2, largely forested; Fernando Po, about 2,072 km2
Land boundaries: 539 km
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 nm
Coastline: 296 km
PEOPLE
Population: 260,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 2.1%
Nationality: noun—Equatorial Guinean(s); adjective—Equatorial Guinean
Ethnic divisions: indigenous population of Province Bioko, primarily Bubi, some Fernandinos; of Rio Muni primarily Fang; less than 1,000 Europeans, primarily Spanish
Religion: natives all nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic; some pagan practices retained
Language: Spanish official language of government and business; also pidgin English, Fang
Literacy: school enrollment reportedly 90% for school age children, but overall literacy rate is only 38%
Labor force: most Equatorial Guineans involved in subsistence agriculture; labor shortages on plantations
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Type: republic
Capital: Malabo
Political subdivisions: 3 military regions; 7 provinces with appointed military governors
Legal system: in transition; law by decree issued by Supreme Military Council; in part based on Spanish civil law and custom
National holiday: 12 October
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