1981 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1981 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Airfields
55 total, 54 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Civil air
no major transport aircraft
Highways
8,316 km total; 967 km paved, 5,639 km improved, 1,710 km unimproved
Military manpower
males 15-49, 1,373,000; 691,000 fit for military service; no conscription
Supply
mainly dependent on France, FRG, and UK
Telecommunications
all services only fair; radio relay, wire, radiocommunication stations in use; 8,600 telephones (under 0.14 per 100 popl.); 2 AM stations, 1 FM station, and 1 TV station; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT station DEFENSE FORCES