1984 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1984 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Airfields
152 total, 124 usable; 5 with permanent-surfaced runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 7 with runways 1,2202,439 m
Branches
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard
Budget
(1982) $458 million government revenues, $699 million expenditures (1982)
Civil air
1 major transport aircraft
Fiscal year
calendar year Communications
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
Military budget
estimated for fiscal year ending 31 December 1983, $108.8 million; about 13.2% of the central government budget EQUATORIAL
Military manpower
males 15-49, 1,097,000; 697,000 fit for military service; 58,000 reach military age (18) annually
Monetary conversion rate
2.5 colones= US$1 (February 1984)
Ports
2 major ( Acajutla, La Union), 1 minor
Railroads
602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track
Telecommunications
nationwide trunk radio-relay system; connection into Central American microwave net; 75,900 telephones (1.6 per 100 popl.); 76 AM, 9 FM, and 9 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean Satellite station Defense Forces