1986 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1986 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Airfields
25 total, 21 usable; 10 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 16 with runways 1, 220-2,439 m
Branches
Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie
Budget
(1984/85) public revenues, $467 million; current expenditures, $489 million; capital expenditures, $75 million
Civil air
3 major transport aircraft
Fiscal year
1 July-30 June Communications
Highways
13,898 km total; 3,461 km paved, 6,741 km gravel or graded earth, 3,696 km of unimproved roads
Inland waterways
1,505 km
Military budget
for fiscal year ending 30 June 1985, $66.9 million; about 8.8% of central government budget 300km Amirantg Islts VICTORIA*^ ., Mahe Island
Military manpower
males 15-49, 1,551,000; 782,000 fit for military service; 72,000 reach military age (18) annually
Monetary conversion rate
about 475 Communaute Financiere Africaine (CFA) francs=US$l (1985)
Ports
1 major (Dakar), 2 minor
Railroads
1,034 km 1.000-meter gauge; 70 km double track
Telecommunications
above-average urban system, using radio-relay and cable; 40,200 telephones (0.8 per 100 popl.); 8 AM , no FM stations; 1 TV station; 3 submarine cables; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station Defense Forces