1985 Edition

Agriculture

cash crops — coffee, bananas, palm products, peanuts, citrus fruits, pineapples; staple food crops — cassava, rice, millet, corn, sweet potatoes; livestock raised in some areas

main crops — rice, palm products, root crops, coconuts, peanuts, wood

Airfields

56 total, 50 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 7 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Branches

president and cabinet; 150-member National Popular Assembly, overseen by 15-member Council of State

People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP); Army, Navy, and Air Force are separate components

Budget

(1983 est.) revenues, $12.2 million; current expenditures, $27.4 million; investment expenditures, $27.9 million

Capital

Bissau

Civil air

2 major transport aircraft

Communists

a few Communists, some sympathizers

Elections

legislative elections held March Political parties and leaders: African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), led by President Vieira, only legal party; Guinea-Bissau decided to retain the binational party title despite its formal break with Cape Verde

Electric power

100,000 kW capacity (1984); 264 million kWh produced (1984), 47 kWh per capita

20,000 kW capacity (1984); 26 million kWh produced (1984), 30 kWh per capita

Exports

$537 million (f.o.b., 1984 est.); bauxite, alumina, diamonds, coffee, pineapples, bananas, palm kernels

$8.6 million (1983); principally peanuts; also palm kernels, shrimp, fish, lumber

Fiscal year

calendar year Communications

Fishing

catch 6,000 metric tons (1983)

GDP

$1.51 billion (1983 est), $278 per capita; real growth rate 1.3% (1984 est.)

$154 million (FY83), $182 per capita, real growth rate -5.1% (1983)

Government leaders

Brig. Gen. Joao Bernardo VIEIRA, President, Council of State (since November 1980); Paulo CORREIA, First Vice President, Council of State (since May 1984); lafai CAMARA, Second Vice President, Council of State (since May 1984)

Highways

approx. 3,218 km (418 km bituminous, remainder earth)

Imports

$403 million (f.o.b., 1984 est.); petroleum products, metals, machinery and transport equipment, foodstuffs, textiles

$57.1 million (1983); foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, transport equipment

Inland waterways

scattered stretches are important to coastal commerce

Legal system

new constitution approved May 1984

Major industries

bauxite mining, alumina, diamond mining, light manufacturing and processing industries

agricultural processing, beer, soft drinks

Major trade partners

imports — France, USSR, US; exports— US, USSR, France,

mostly Portugal, Spain, and other European countries

Member of

AfDB, EGA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, GATT, IBA, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDE— Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ITU, Mano River Union, Niger River Commission, NAM, OAU, OATUU, QIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO Economy

Af DB, CEAO, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDB— Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, ISCON, ITU, NAM, OAU, QIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO Economy

Military manpower

males 15-49, 197,000; 1 15,000 fit for military service

Monetary conversion rate

83.528 Guinea Bissauan pesos=US$l (November 1984)

National holiday

Independence Day, 24 September

Official name

Republic of Guinea-Bissau

Political subdivisions

9 municipalities, 3 circumscriptions (predominantly indigenous population)

Ports

1 major (Bissau)

Railroads

none

Ships

no combat ships

Suffrage

universal over age 15

Telecommunications

limited system of open-wire lines, radio-relay links, and radiocommunication stations; 3,000 telephones(0.5per lOOpopl.); 1 AM station, 1 FM station, no TV stations Defense Forces

Type

republic; highly centralized one party regime since September 1974