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Название: The 1992 CIA World Factbook

Автор: United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Жанр: Социология

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СКАЧАТЬ style="font-size:15px;">       $174 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

       commodities:

       cotton 48%, cattle 35%, textiles 5%, fish

       partners:

       France, Nigeria, Cameroon

       Imports:

       $264 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.)

       commodities:

       machinery and transportation equipment 39%, industrial goods 20%, petroleum

       products 13%, foodstuffs 9%; note - excludes military equipment

       partners:

       US, France, Nigeria, Cameroon

       External debt:

       $530 million (December 1990 est.)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate 12.9% (1989 est.); accounts for nearly 15% of GDP

       Electricity:

       40,000 kW capacity; 70 million kWh produced, 15 kWh per capita (1991)

       Industries:

       cotton textile mills, slaughterhouses, brewery, natron (sodium carbonate),

       soap, cigarettes

       Agriculture:

       accounts for about 45% of GDP; largely subsistence farming; cotton most

       important cash crop; food crops include sorghum, millet, peanuts, rice,

       potatoes, manioc; livestock - cattle, sheep, goats, camels; self-sufficient

       in food in years of adequate rainfall

       Economic aid:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $198 million; Western (non-US)

       countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $1.5 billion; OPEC

       bilateral aid (1979-89), $28 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $80

       million

       Currency:

       Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (plural - francs); 1 CFA franc (CFAF)

       = 100 centimes

      :Chad Economy

      Exchange rates:

       Communaute Financiere Africaine Francs (CFAF) per US$1 - 269.01 (January

       1992), 282.11 (1991), 272.26 (1990), 319.01 (1989), 297.85 (1988), 300.54

       (1987)

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      :Chad Communications

      Highways:

       31,322 km total; 32 km bituminous; 7,300 km gravel and laterite; remainder

       unimproved earth

       Inland waterways:

       2,000 km navigable

       Civil air:

       3 major transport aircraft

       Airports:

       71 total, 55 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways

       over 3,659 m; 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 25 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

       Telecommunications:

       fair system of radiocommunication stations for intercity links; broadcast

       stations - 6 AM, 1 FM, limited TV service; many facilities are inoperative;

       1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

      :Chad Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Army (includes Ground Forces, Air Force, and Gendarmerie), National Police,

       Republican Guard

       Manpower availability:

       males 15-49, 1,217,728; 632,833 fit for military service; 50,966 reach

       military age (20) annually

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $39 million, 4.3% of GDP (1988)

      :Chile Geography

      Total area:

       756,950 km2

       Land area:

       748,800 km2; includes Isla de Pascua (Easter Island) and Isla Sala y Gomez

       Comparative area:

       slightly smaller than twice the size of Montana

       Land boundaries:

       6,171 km; Argentina 5,150 km, Bolivia 861 km, Peru 160 km

       Coastline:

       6,435 km

       Maritime claims:

       Contiguous zone:

       24 nm

       Continental shelf:

       200 nm

       Exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       Disputes:

       short section of the southern boundary with Argentina is indefinite; Bolivia

       has wanted a sovereign corridor to the South Pacific Ocean since the Atacama

       area was lost to Chile in 1884; dispute with Bolivia over Rio Lauca water

       rights; territorial claim in Antarctica (Chilean Antarctic Territory)

       partially overlaps Argentine claim

       Climate:

       temperate; desert in north; cool and damp in south

       Terrain:

       low coastal mountains; fertile central valley; rugged Andes in east

       Natural resources:

       copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum

       Land use:

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