FRANCE (Continued)
Ports: 24 major, 20 secondary, 24 minor
Civil air: 313 major transport aircraft, including 18 leased in and 4 leased out
Airfields: 465 total, 448 usable; 237 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways over 3,659 m, 34 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 123 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: highly developed system provides satisfactory telephone, telegraph, and radio and TV broadcast services; 22.2 million telephones (41.5 per 100 popl.); 55 AM, 423 FM, and 5,676 TV stations; 25 submarine coaxial cables; 2 communication satellite ground stations with total of 6 antennas
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 13,620,000; fit for military service 11,549,000; 428,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1982, $22.4 billion; about 18.3% of proposed central government budget
FRENCH GUIANA
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LAND
90,909 km2; 90% forested, 10% wasteland, built on, inland water and other, of which .05% is cultivated and pasture
Land boundaries: 1,183 km
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 nm (fishing 200 nm; economic zone 200 nm)
Coastline: 378 km
PEOPLE
Population: 69,000 (July 1982), annual growth rate 2.5%
Nationality: noun—French Guianese (sing., pl.); adjective—French Guiana
Ethnic divisions: 95% Negro or mulatto, 5% Caucasian, 10,000 East Indian, Chinese
Religion: predominantly Roman Catholic
Language: French
Literacy: 73%
Labor force: 17,012 (1967 census); services 49%, construction 21%, agriculture 18%, industry 8%, transportation 4%; information on unemployment unavailable
Organized labor: 7% of labor force
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Department of French Guiana
Type: overseas department and region of France; represented by one deputy in French National Assembly and one senator in French Senate; Deputy Elie Castor, Senator Raymond Tarcy
Capital: Cayenne
Political subdivisions: 2 arrondissements, 19 communes each with a locally elected municipal council
Legal system: French legal system; highest court is Court of Appeals based in Martinique with jurisdiction over Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana
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