CHAD (Continued)
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: none
Highways: 27,505 km total; 242 km bituminous, 4,385 km gravel and laterite, and remainder unimproved
Inland waterways: approximately 2,000 km navigable
Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 65 total, 61 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 27 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: fair system of radiocommunication stations for intercity links; satellite ground station; 5,000 telephones (0.1 per 100 popl.); 1 AM and no FM stations; most facilities inoperative
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,093,000; 565,000 fit for military service; about 46,000 reach military age (20) annually
Supply: primarily dependent on France
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1977, $22.2 million; about 33% of total budget
CHILE
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LAND
756,626 km2 ; 2% cultivated, 7% other arable, 15% permanent pasture, grazing, 29% forest, 47% barren mountains, deserts, and cities
Land boundaries: 6,325 km
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 nm (fishing 200 nm)
Coastline: 6,435 km
PEOPLE
Population: 11,323,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 1.4%
Nationality: noun—Chilean(s); adjective—Chilean
Ethnic divisions: 95% European stock and mixed European with some Indian admixture, 3% Indian, 2% other
Religion: 89% Roman Catholic, 11% Protestant
Language: Spanish
Literacy: 90% (1977)
Labor force: 3.0 million total employment (1979); 20% agricultural, 22% industry and construction, 22% services, 15% commerce, 3% mining, 6% transportation, 12% other (1979)
Organized labor: 25% of labor force (1973)
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Republic of Chile
Type: republic
Capital: Santiago
Political subdivisions: 12 regions plus one metropolitan district, 41 provincial subdivisions
