since September 1991, the EC has given $46 million and
the US $25 million in support of this program
Currency:
Rwandan franc (plural - francs); 1 Rwandan franc (RF) = 100 centimes

:Rwanda Economy

Exchange rates:
Rwandan francs (RF) per US$1 - 121.40 (January 1992), 125.14 (1991), 82.60
(1990), 79.98 (1989), 76.45 (1988), 79.67 (1987)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

:Rwanda Communications

Highways:
4,885 km total; 460 km paved, 1,725 km gravel and/or improved earth, 2,700
km unimproved
Inland waterways:
Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft
Civil air:
2 major transport aircraft
Airports:
8 total, 8 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over
3,659 m; 1 with runway 2,440-3,659 m;2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
fair system with low-capacity radio relay system centered on Kigali;
broadcast stations - 2 AM, 1 (7 repeaters) FM, no TV; satellite earth
stations - 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 1 SYMPHONIE

:Rwanda Defense Forces

Branches:
Army (including Air Wing), Gendarmerie
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 1,719,936; 876,659 fit for military service; no conscription
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $37 million, 1.6% of GDP (1988 est.)

:Saint Helena Geography

Total area:
410 km2
Land area:
410 km2; includes Ascension, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, Nightingale
Island, and Tristan da Cunha
Comparative area:
slightly more than 2.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
none
Coastline:
60 km
Maritime claims:
Exclusive fishing zone:
200 nm
Territorial sea:
12 nm
Disputes:
none
Climate:
tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds
Terrain:
rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains
Natural resources:
fish; Ascension is a breeding ground for sea turtles and sooty terns; no
minerals
Land use:
arable land 7%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 7%; forest and
woodland 3%; other 83%
Environment:
very few perennial streams
Note:
located 1,920 km west of Angola, about two-thirds of the way between South
America and Africa; Napoleon Bonaparte's place of exile and burial; the
remains were taken to Paris in 1840

:Saint Helena People

Population:
6,698 (July 1992), growth rate 0.3% (1992)
Birth rate:
10 births/1,000 population (1992