enger
Civil air:
NA major transport aircraft
Airports:
NA total, NA usable; NA with permanent-surface runways; NA with runways over
3,659 m; NA with runways 2,440-3,659 m; NA with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
the telephone system is inadequate for a large industrial country,
consisting of about 36 million lines of which only about 3% are switched
automatically; as of 31 January 1990, 10.8 million applications for
telephones for household use could not be satisfied; telephone density is 11
per 100 persons; international connections are made via satellite, land
line, microwave, and outdated submarine cables, and are generally
unsatisfactory; the international gateway switch in Moscow handles
international traffic for the other former Soviet republics as well as for
Russia; broadcast stations - 1,050 AM/FM/SW (reach 98.6% of population), 310
TV (580 repeaters) (reach 98% of population); satellite ground stations -
INTELSAT, Intersputnik, INMARSAT, Orbita

:Russia Defense Forces

Branches:
Russian defence forces will be comprised of those ground-, air-, and
sea-based conventional assets currently on Russian soil and those scheduled
to be withdrawn from other countries; strategic forces will remain under CIS
control
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 36,288,000; 27,216,000 fit for military service; 1,020,341
reach military age (18) annually
Defense expenditures:
$NA, NA% of GDP

:Rwanda Geography

Total area:
26,340 km2
Land area:
24,950 km2
Comparative area:
slightly smaller than Maryland
Land boundaries:
893 km total; Burundi 290 km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km, Zaire 217 km
Coastline:
none - landlocked
Maritime claims:
none - landlocked
Disputes:
none
Climate:
temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild
in mountains with frost and snow possible
Terrain:
mostly grassy uplands and hills; mountains in west
Natural resources:
gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), natural gas,
hydropower
Land use:
arable land 29%; permanent crops 11%; meadows and pastures 18%; forest and
woodland 10%; other 32%; includes irrigated NEGL%
Environment:
deforestation; overgrazing; soil exhaustion; soil erosion; periodic droughts
Note:
landlocked

:Rwanda People

Population:
8,206,446 (July 1992), growth