ITALY (Continued)
Ports: 16 major, 22 significant minor
Civil air: 146 major transport aircraft, including 6 leased in
Airfields: 147 total, 142 usable; 84 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 32 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 43 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: well engineered, well constructed, and efficiently operated; 18.1 million telephones (31.7 per 100 popl.); 135 AM, 1,830 FM, and 1,350 TV stations; 20 coaxial submarine cables; 2 communication satellite ground stations with a total of 5 antennas
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 14,075,000; 11,862,000 fit for military service; 466,000 reach military age (18) annually
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1982, $8.8 billion; about 4.4% of central government budget
IVORY COAST
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LAND
323,750 km2; 40% forest and woodland, 8% cultivated, 52% grazing, fallow, and waste; 322 km of lagoons and connecting canals extend east-west along eastern part of the coast
Land boundaries: 3,227 km
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 nm (fishing 200 nm; exclusive economic zone 200 nm)
Coastline: 515 km
PEOPLE
Population: 8,569,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 3.3%
Nationality: noun—Ivorian(s); adjective—Ivorian
Ethnic divisions: 7 major indigenous ethnic groups; no single tribe more than 20% of population; most important are Agni, Baoule, Krou, Senoufou, Mandingo; approximately 2 million foreign Africans, mostly Upper Voltans; about 75,000 to 90,000 non-Africans (50,000 to 60,000 French and 25,000 to 30,000 Lebanese)
Religion: 66% animist, 22% Muslim, 12% Christian
Language: French official, over 60 native dialects, Dioula most widely spoken
Literacy: about 65% at primary school level
Labor force: over 85% of population engaged in agriculture, forestry, livestock raising; about 11% of labor force are wage earners, nearly half in agriculture, remainder in government, industry, commerce, and professions
Organized labor: 20% of wage labor force
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Republic of the Ivory Coast
Type: republic; one-party presidential regime established 1960
Capital: Abidjan
