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Philippines

1985 Edition · 15 data fields

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Geography

Airfields

241 total, 232 usable; 31 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 24 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 42 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Area

40% US, 8% Japan, 8% Germany, 4% France, 3.5% Italy (1983)

Branches

Peruvian Army, Navy, and Air Force

Budget

1982— revenues, $3.6 billion; expenditures, $4.3 billion

Civil air

27 major transport aircraft

Fiscal year

calendar year Communications

Highways

56,645 km total; 6,030 km paved, 11,865 km gravel, 14,610 km improved earth, 24,140 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways

8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon River system and 208 km Lake Titicaca

Military budget

for fiscal year ending 31 December 1984, $1, 134.0 million; 6.7% of estimated GDP South

Military manpower

males 15-49, 4,681,000; 3,172,000 fit for military service; 182,000 reach military age (20) annually

Monetary conversion rate

2394.27 soles=US$l (February (1984)

Pipelines

crude oil, 800 km; natural gas and natoral gas liquids, 64 km

Ports

7 major, 25 minor

Railroads

1,876 km total; 1,576 km 1.435meter standard gauge, 300 km 0.914-meter gauge

Telecommunications

fairly adequate for most requirements; nationwide radio-relay system; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station, 12 domestic antennas; 519,600 telephones (2.8 per 100 popl.); 212 AM, 20 FM, 73 TV stations Defense Forces

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