PORTUGAL (Continued)
Inland waterways: 820 km navigable; relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 297 metric ton cargo capacity
Pipelines: crude oil, 11 km
Ports: 7 major, 34 minor
Civil air: 36 major transport aircraft, including 5 leased in and 2 leased out
Airfields (including Azores and Madeira Islands): 61 total, 60 usable; 31 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 10 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 11 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: facilities are generally adequate; 1.31 million telephones (13.2 per 100 popl.); 39 AM, 52 FM, and 42 TV stations; 4 submarine coaxial cables; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite stations (on mainland and Azores)
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,372,000; 1,941,000 fit for military service; 91,000 reach military age (20) annually
Military budget: proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1982, $761.5 million; about 11% of proposed central government budget
QATAR
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LAND
About 10,360 km2; negligible amount forested; mostly desert, waste, or urban
Land boundaries: 56 km
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 nm
Coastline: 563 km
PEOPLE
Population: 258,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 4.0%
Nationality: noun—Qatari(s); adjective—Qatari
Ethnic divisions: 25% Qatari, 20% other Arab, 34% South Asian, 16% Iranian, 5% others
Religion: Muslim
Language: Arabic, English is commonly used as second language
Literacy: 25%
Labor force: 100,000 (1980 est.); 90% non-Qatari
GOVERNMENT
Official name: State of Qatar
Type: traditional monarchy; independence declared in 1971
Capital: Doha
Legal system: discretionary system of law controlled by the ruler, although civil codes are being implemented; Islamic law is significant in personal matters; a constitution was promulgated in 1970
National holiday: 3 September
Government leader: Amir Khalifa bin Hamad Al THANI
Suffrage: no specific provisions for suffrage laid down
Elections: constitution calls for elections for part of State Advisory Council, a consultative body, but none have been held
