ETHIOPIA (Continued)
Monetary conversion rate: 2.07 Ethiopian Birr=US$1
Fiscal year: 8 July-7 July
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: 1,089 km total; 782 km meter gauge (1.00 m), of which 97 km are in Djibouti; 307 km 0.95-meter gauge
Highways: 44,300 km total; 3,650 km bituminous, 9,650 km gravel, 3,000 km improved earth, 28,000 km unimproved earth
Ports: 2 major (Assab, Massawa)
Civil air: 16 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 187 total, 167 usable; 7 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 8 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 47 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 6,871,000; 3,690,000 fit for military service; 346,000 reach military age (18) annually
FALKLAND ISLANDS
(Islas Malvinas)[1]
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LAND
Colony—12,168 km2; area consists of some 200 small islands and two principal islands, East Falkland (6,680 km2) and West Falkland (5,276 km2); dependencies—South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia, and the Shag and Clerke Rocks
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 nm
Coastline: 1,288 km
PEOPLE
Population: 2,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate -0.7%
Nationality: noun—Falkland Islander(s); adjective—Falkland Island
Ethnic divisions: almost totally British
Religion: predominantly Church of England
Language: English
Literacy: compulsory education up to age 14
Labor force: 1,100 (est.); est. over 95% in agriculture, mostly sheepherding
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Colony of the Falkland Islands
Type: British crown colony
Capital: Stanley
Political subdivisions: local government is confined to capital
Legal system: English common law
Branches: Governor, Executive Council, Legislative Council
- ↑ The possession of the Falkland Islands has been disputed by the UK and Argentina (which refers to them as the Islas Malvinas) since 1833. On 1 April 1982 Argentine military forces invaded the islands. The British responded by sending warships to the South Atlantic.
