ECUADOR (Continued)
Aid: economic—bilateral commitments of ODA and OOF (FY70-80), US, $177.3 million; other Western countries (1970-79), $243.0 million; Communist countries (1970-75), $9.4 million; military—(FY70-79) US, $40.0 million
Budget: (1980) revenues, $1,504 million; expenditures, $1,680 million
Monetary conversion rate: 35 sucres=US$1
Fiscal year: calendar year
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: 1,121 km total; 966 km 1.067-meter gauge, 155 km 0.750-meter gauge; all single track
Highways: 69,280 km total; 11,925 km paved, 24,400 km gravel, 32,955 km earth roads
Inland waterways: 1,500 km
Pipelines: crude oil, 623 km; refined products, 1,358 km
Ports: 3 major (Guayaquil, Manta, Puerto Bolivar), 11 minor
Civil air: 46 major transport aircraft, including 1 leased in
Airfields: 174 total, 174 usable; 17 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 26 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: facilities adequate only in largest cities; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station; 260,000 telephones (2.9 per 100 popl.); 250 AM, 38 FM, and 17 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,908,000; 1,295,000 fit for military service; 87,000 reach military age (20) annually
EGYPT
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LAND
1,000,258 km2 (including 19,237 km2 in Sinai); 2.8% cultivated (of which about 70% multiple cropped); 96.5% desert, waste, or urban; 0.7% inland water
Land boundaries: approximately 2,580 km (including border of Sinai area)
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 nm (plus 6 nm "necessary supervision zone")
Coastline: 2,450 km (1967); includes approximately 500 km within Sinai area
PEOPLE
Population: 44,740,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 3.0%
Nationality: noun—Egyptian(s); adjective—Egyptian or Arab Republic of Egypt
Ethnic divisions: 90% Eastern Hamitic stock; 10% Greek, Italian, Syro-Lebanese
Religion: (official estimate) 94% Muslim, 6% Copt and other
Language: Arabic official, English and French widely understood by educated classes
Literacy: around 44%
Labor force: 13.4 million; 45-50% agriculture, 13% industry, 11% trade and finance, 26% services and other; shortage of skilled labor
Organized labor: 1 to 3 million
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt
Type: republic; under presidential rule since June 1956
Capital: Cairo
Political subdivisions: 26 governorates
