89), 5.3836 (1988), 5.6000 (1987)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

:Seychelles Communications

Highways:
260 km total; 160 km paved, 100 km crushed stone or earth
Ports:
Victoria
Merchant marine:
1 refrigerated cargo totaling 1,827 GRT/2,170 DWT
Civil air:
1 major transport aircraft
Airports:
14 total, 14 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways
over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; none with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
direct radio communications with adjacent islands and African coastal
countries; 13,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 2 AM, no FM, 2 TV; 1
Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth station; USAF tracking station

:Seychelles Defense Forces

Branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential Protection Unit, Police Force, Militia
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 17,739; 9,096 fit for military service
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $12 million, 4% of GDP (1990 est.)

:Sierra Leone Geography

Total area:
71,740 km2
Land area:
71,620 km2
Comparative area:
slightly smaller than South Carolina
Land boundaries:
958 km total; Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km
Coastline:
402 km
Maritime claims:
Territorial sea:
200 nm
Disputes:
none
Climate:
tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry
season (December to April)
Terrain:
coastal belt of mangrove swamps, wooded hill country, upland plateau,
mountains in east
Natural resources:
diamonds, titanium ore, bauxite, iron ore, gold, chromite
Land use:
arable land 25%; permanent crops 2%; meadows and pastures 31%; forest and
woodland 29%; other 13%; includes irrigated NEGL%
Environment:
extensive mangrove swamps hinder access to sea; deforestation; soil
degradation

:Sierra Leone People

Population:
4,456,737 (July 1992), growth rate -0.2% (1992)
Birth rate:
46 births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
20 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
-28 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
148 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
43 years male, 48 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate:
6.1 children born/woman (1992)
Nationality:
noun - Sierra Leonean(s); adjective - Sierra Leonean
Ethnic divisions:
native African 99% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%); Creole, European, Lebanese,