1985 Edition

Agriculture

main crops — cereals, fruits, sugar, coffee, rice

Aid

economic commitments — US, including Ex-Im (FY70-83), $305 million; from other Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF (1970-82), $5.8 billion; military— assistance from US (FY70-79), $22 million

Airfields

498 total, 451 usable; 11 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 20 with runways 1,2202,439 m Guatemala (continued) Guinea

Area

912,050 km2; more than twice the size of California; 21% forest; 18% pasture; 4% cropland; 57% urban, waste, or other

Branches

Army, Navy, Air Force

coup on 3 April 1984 established the 25-member (currently 20 members) Military Committee for National Redressment to determine government policy; the highest ranking CMRN member became President, with other CMRN assuming most Cabinet portfolios; precoup unicameral legislature has been abolished

executive (President), bicameral legislature (National Congress — Senate, Chamber of Deputies), judiciary

Budget

revised 1983— revenues, $18.6 billion; expenditures, $18.4 billion, capital $110 billion

Capital

Conakry

Caracas

Central government budget

(1983 est.) expenditures, $1.03 billion; revenues, $704 million

Civil air

10 major transport aircraft

Coastline

346 km People

2,800 km People

Communists

no Communist party, although there are some sympathizers

3,000-5,000 members (est.)

Crude steel

1.9 million metric tons produced (1982)

Elections

none scheduled but CMRN has promised to create a true and viable democracy Political parties and leaders: following 3 April 1984 coup all political activity banned and only party, Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG), dissolved

every five years by secret ballot; last held December 1983; next national election for President and bicameral legislature to be held December 1988 Political parties and leaders: Social Christian Party (COPEI), Rafael Caldera, Luis Herrera Campins; Democratic Action (AD), Jaime Lusinchi, Carlos Andres Perez; Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), Teodoro Petkoff, Pompeyo Marquez

Electric power

12,700,000 kW capacity (1984); 36.5 billion kWh produced (1984), 2,110kWh per capita

Ethnic divisions

Fulani, Malinke, Sousou, 15 smaller tribes

67% mestizo, 21% white, 10% black, 2% Indian

Exports

$15.7 billion (f.o.b., 1984 prelim.); petroleum (95%), iron ore

Fiscal year

calendar year Communications

Fishing

catch 2 1 3,000 metric tons ( 1 982); exports $1.6 million (1979), imports $19.7 million (1980)

GDP

$66.4 billion (1983), $3,860 per capita (1983); 58.8% private consumption, 13.6% public consumption, 24.1% gross investment (1982); real growth rate - 1.7% (1982)

Government leader

Jaime LUSINCHI, President (since February 1984)

Government leaders

Col. Lansana CONTE, Head of Government (since April 1984)

Highways

26,429 km total; 2,851 km paved, 1 1,438 km gravel, and 12,140 km unimproved

Imports

$7.5 billion (f.o.b., 1984 prelim.)

Inland waterways

260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season

Labor force

2.4 million (1983); 82% agriculture, 11% industry and commerce, 5.4% services, 1.6% government

5.5 million (1984); 27% services; 22% commerce; 16% agriculture; 16% manufacturing; 9% construction; 7% transportation; 3% petroleum, utilities, and other

Land boundaries

3,476 km Water

4,181 km Water

Language

French (official); each tribe has own language

Spanish (official); Indian dialects spoken by about 200,000 Amerindians in the remote interior

Legal system

based on French civil law system, customary law, and decree; 1958 constitution suspended after military coup on 3 April 1984; legal codes currently being revised; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

based on Napoleonic code; constitution promulgated 1961; judicial review of legislative acts in Cassation Court only; dual court system, state and federal; legal education at Central University of Venezuela; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Limits of territorial waters (claimed)

12 nm (economic, including fishing, 200 nm)

12 nm plus 3 nm contiguous zone for customs and sanitation (economic, including fishing, 200 nm)

Literacy

20% in French; 48% in local languages

85.6%

Major industries

petroleum, iron-ore mining, construction, food processing, textiles

Major trade partners

imports — 44% US, 7.4% Japan, 4.7% Italy, 4.5% FRO; exports— 25% US, 9.5% Canada (1981)

Member of

Andean Pact, AIOEC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDB — Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, IRC, ITU, IWC — International Wheat Council, LAIA, NAMUCAR (Caribbean Multinational Shipping Line), OAS, OPEC, PAHO, SELA, WFTU, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO Economy

Military budget

proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1984, $179.8 million; 14.9% of central government budget CONAKRV North Atlantic Ocean See regional mip VII Land 245,957 km2; slightly smaller than Oregon; 10% forest, 3% crop

Military manpower

males 15-49, 1,979,000; 1,343,000 fit for military service; about 77,000 reach military age (18) annually

Monetary conversion rate

1 quetzal=US$l (official; February 1984)

4.3 preferential, 7.5 commercial, and 12.5 free market bolivares=US$l (December 1984)

National holiday

Independence Day, 2 October; Anniversity of Committee for National Redressment, 3 April

Independence Day, 5 July

Nationality

noun — Guinean(s); adjective — Guinean

noun — Venezuelan(s); adjective— Venezuelan

Official name

Republic of Guinea

Republic of Venezuela

Organized labor

virtually 100% of wage labor force loosely affiliated with the National Confederation of Guinean Workers Government

32% of labor force* Government

Other political or pressure groups

FEDECAMARAS, a conservative business group

Pipelines

crude oil, 48 km

Political subdivisions

8 provinces, divided into 36 prefectures

20 states, 1 federal district, 2 federal territories, and 72 island dependencies in the Caribbean

Population

5,734,000 (July 1985), average annual growth rate 2.7%

17,810,000 (July 1985), average annual growth rate 3%

Ports

2 major (Puerto Ouezal, formerly known as San Jose, and Santo Tomas de Castilla), 3 minor

Railroads

870 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track; 780 km government owned, 90 km privately owned

Religion

75% Muslim, 24% indigenous beliefs, 1% Christian

96% nominally Roman Catholic, 2% Protestant

Suffrage

universal over age 18

universal and compulsory over age 18, though rarely enforced

Telecommunications

fairly modern telecom network centered on Guatemala City; 97,670 telephones (1.6 per 100 popl.); 98 AM, 20 FM, 25 TV stations; connection into Central American microwave net; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station Defense Forces

Type

republic

republic •

Voting strength

(1983 election) 56.8% AD, 34.5% COPEI, 4.17% MAS, 4.53% others