1983 Edition

Agriculture

cash crops — sugarcane, wood, coffee, cocoa, palm kernels, peanuts, tobacco; food crops — root crops, rice, corn, bananas, manioc, fish

Airfields

60 total, 44 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 17 with runways 1,220-2,439

Branches

presidential executive, Council of State; judiciary; all policy made by Congolese Workers Party Central Committee and Politburo

Army, Navy, Air Force

Budget

(1982 est.) revenues $933 million, current expenditures $545 million, development expenditures $388 million

Capital

Brazzaville

Civil air

1 major transport aircraft

Communists

unknown number of Communists and sympathizers

Elections

elections for local and regional organs and the National Assembly were held in July 1979— the first elections since June 1973 Political parties and leaders: Congolese Workers Party (PCX) is only legal party

Electric power

222,000 kW capacity (1983); 160 million kWh produced (1983), 95 kWh per capita £xpor«s:$1.108billion(f.o.b., 1982); oil, lumber, tobacco, veneer, plywood, coffee, and cocoa

Fiscal year

calendar year Communications

Fishing

catch 20,600 metric tons (1979)

GDP

about $1.8 billion (1982 est.), $1,140 per capita; real growth rate 8.1% per year (1982)

Government leaders

Col. Denis SASSOUNGUESSO, President; Col. Louis-Sylvain GOMA, Prime Minister

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

Imports

$663.7 million (f.o.b., 1982); machinery, transport equipment, manufactured consumer goods, iron and steel, foodstuffs, chemical products, sugar

Inland waterways

6,485 km navigable

Legal system

based on French civil law system and customary law; constitution adopted

Major industries

crude oil, sawmills, brewery, cigarettes, sugar mill, soap

Major trade partners

France, other EC countries, and US

Member of

Af DB, Conference of East and Central African States, EAMA, EGA, EIB (associate), FAO, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAU, UDEAC, UEAC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO Economy

Military budget

for fiscal year ending 31 December 1983, $68.9 million; about 7% of central government budget

Military manpower

males 15-49, 386,000; 194,000 fit for military service; about 17,000 reach military age (20) annually

Monetary conversion rate

422.25 Communaute Financiere Africaine (CFA) francs=US$l (February 1984)

National holiday

National Day, 15 August

Other political or pressure groups

Union of Congolese Socialist Youth (UJSC), Congolese Trade Union Congress (CSC), Revolutionary Union of Congolese Women (URFC), General Union of Congolese Pupils and Students (UGEEC)

Pipelines

crude oil 25 km

Political subdivisions

nine regions divided into districts

Ports

1 major (Pointe-Noire)

Railroads

800 km, 1.067-meter gauge, single track

Suffrage

universal over age 18

Telecommunications

services adequate for government use; primary network is composed of radio-relay routes and coaxial cables; key centers are Brazzaville, PointeNoire, 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

Type

republic; military regime established September 1968