1985 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1985 (Internet Archive)
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