year

:Macau Communications

Highways:
42 km paved
Ports:
Macau
Civil air:
no major transport aircraft
Airports:
none useable, 1 under construction; 1 seaplane station
Telecommunications:
fairly modern communication facilities maintained for domestic and
international services; 52,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 4 AM, 3 FM,
no TV; 75,000 radio receivers (est.); international high-frequency radio
communication facility; access to international communications carriers
provided via Hong Kong and China; 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth station

:Macau Defense Forces

Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 135,923; 76,414 fit for military service
Note:
defense is responsibility of Portugal

:Macedonia Header

Note:
Macedonia has proclaimed independent statehood but has not been formally
recognized as a state by the United States.

:Macedonia Geography

Total area:
25,333 km2
Land area:
24,856 km2
Comparative area:
slightly larger than Vermont
Land boundaries:
748 km; Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 228 km, Serbia and
Montenegro 221 km
Coastline:
none - landlocked
Disputes:
Greece claims republic's name implies territorial claims against Aegean
Macedonia
Climate:
hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall
Terrain:
territory covered with deep basins and valleys; there are three large lakes,
each divided by a frontier line
Natural resources:
chromium, lead, zinc, manganese, tungsten, nickel, low-grade iron ore,
asbestos, sulphur, timber
Land use:
arable land 5%; permanent crops 5%; meadows and pastures 20%; forest and
woodland 30%; other 40%; includes irrigated NA%
Environment:
Macedonia suffers from high seismic hazard; air pollution from metallurgical
plants
Note:
major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea

:Macedonia People

Population:
2,174,000 (July 1992), growth rate NA% (1992)
Birth rate:
NA births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
NA deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
NA migrants/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
NA deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
71 years male, 75 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate:
NA children born/woman (1992)
Ethnic divisions:
Macedonian 67%, Albanian 20%, Turkish 4