1984 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1984 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Agriculture
fruits, wheat, corn, barley, potatoes, tobacco, olives, onions; not selfsufficient in food
Airfields
8 total, 5 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 2 with runways 1,2202,439 m; major military airfields are Riyaq, Kleiat, and al-Fidar Air Strip
Branches
Army, Navy, Air Force
Budget
(1982) public revenue $657 million, public expenditures $1.292 billion
Civil air
34 major transport aircraft
Communists
the Lebanese Communist Party was legalized in 1970; members and sympathizers estimated at 2,000-3,000
Electric power
891,500 kW capacity (1983); 1.171 billion kWh produced (1983), 450 kWh per capita
Exports
$886 million (f.o.b., 1981)
Fiscal year
calendar year Communications
GDP
$4.1 billion (1980 est.)
Highways
7,370 km total; 6,270 km paved, 450 km gravel and crushed stone, 650 km improved earth
Imports
$3.2 billion (f.o.b., 1981)
Major industries
service industries, food processing, textiles, cement, oil refining, chemicals, some metal fabricating, tourism
Member of
Arab League, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDE— Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, ITU, IWC— International Wheat Council, NAM, OIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WSG, WTO Economy
Military budget
for fiscal year ending 31 December 1982, $272 million; 26% of central government budget
Military manpower
males 15-49, 614,000; 378,000 fit for military service; average of about 31, 000 reach military age (18) annually
Monetary conversion rate
5.99 Lebanese pounds=US$l (February 1984)
Pipelines
crude oil, 72 km
Ports
3 major (Beirut, Tripoli, Sayda), 5 minor
Railroads
378 km total; 296 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 82 km 1 .050-meter gauge; all single track; most not in use
Telecommunications
rebuilding program disrupted; had fair system of radio relay, cable; approx 150,400 telephones (5.0 per 100 popl.); 3 FM, 5 AM, and 15 TV stations; 1 Indian Ocean satellite station; 3 submarine cables; Atlantic Ocean satcom antenna built but not operating Defense Forces