The 1994 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       production:

       51.305 billion kWh

       consumption per capita:

       1,559 kWh (1992)

       Industries:

       food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles,

       chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel

       Agriculture:

       accounts for 8% of GDP (including fishing); produces abundant food for

       both domestic consumption and exports; among world's top five

       exporters of grain and beef; principal crops - wheat, corn, sorghum,

       soybeans, sugar beets

       Illicit drugs:

       increasing use as a transshipment country for cocaine headed for the

       US and Europe

       Economic aid:

       recipient:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70–89), $1 billion; Western

       (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970–89), $4.4

       billion; Communist countries (1970–89), $718 million

       Currency:

       1 nuevo peso argentino = 100 centavos

       Exchange rates:

       pesos per US$1 - 0.99850 (January 1994), 0.99895 (1993), 0.99064

       (1992), 0.95355 (1991), 0.48759 (1990), 0.04233 (1989)

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      @Argentina, Communications

      Railroads:

       34,172 km total (includes 209 km electrified); includes a mixture of

       1.435-meter standard gauge, 1.676-meter broad gauge, 1.000-meter

       narrow gauge, and 0.750-meter narrow gauge

       Highways:

       total:

       208,350 km

       paved:

       57,000 km

       unpaved:

       gravel 39,500 km; improved/unimproved earth 111,850 km

       Inland waterways:

       11,000 km navigable

       Pipelines:

       crude oil 4,090 km; petroleum products 2,900 km; natural gas 9,918 km

       Ports:

       Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, La Plata, Rosario,

       Santa Fe

       Merchant marine:

       57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 656,289 GRT/1,008,792 DWT, bulk

       3, cargo 29, container 4, oil tanker 14, railcar carrier 1,

       refrigerated cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

       Airports:

       total:

       1,649

       usable:

       1,394

       with permanent-surface runways:

       139

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       0

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       31

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       332

       Telecommunications:

       extensive modern system but many families do not have telephones;

       2,650,000 telephones (12,000 public telephones); telephone density 78

       per 1000 persons; microwave widely used; broadcast stations - 171 AM,

       no FM, 231 TV, 13 shortwave; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations;

       domestic satellite network has 40 earth stations

      @Argentina, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Argentine Army, Navy of the Argentine Republic, Argentine Air Force,

       National Gendarmerie, Argentine Naval Prefecture (Coast Guard only),

       National Aeronautical Police Force

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 8,417,880; fit for military service 6,825,795; reach

       military age (20) annually 292,725 (1994 est.)

       Defense expenditures:

       $NA, NA% of GDP

      @Armenia, Geography

      Location:

       Southwestern Asia, between Turkey and Azerbaijan

       Map references:

       Africa, Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States - European States,

       Middle East, Standard Time Zones of the World

       Area:

       total area:

       29,800 sq km

       land area:

       28,400 sq km

       comparative area:

       slightly larger than Maryland

       Land boundaries:

       total 1,254 km, Azerbaijan (east) 566 km, Azerbaijan (south) 221 km,

       Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km

       Coastline:

       0 km (landlocked)

       Maritime claims:

       none; landlocked

       International disputes:

       violent and longstanding dispute with СКАЧАТЬ