-1.4% (1990), accounts for almost 25% of GDP
Electricity:
2,065,000 kW capacity; 5,677 million kWh produced, 1,819 kWh per capita
(1991)
Industries:
meat processing, wool and hides, sugar, textiles, footwear, leather apparel,
tires, cement, fishing, petroleum refining, wine
Agriculture:
large areas devoted to livestock grazing; wheat, rice, corn, sorghum;
self-sufficient in most basic foodstuffs
Economic aid:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-88), $105 million; Western (non-US)
countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $420 million;
Communist countries (1970-89), $69 million
Currency:
new Uruguayan peso (plural - pesos); 1 new Uruguayan peso (N$Ur) = 100
centesimos

:Uruguay Economy

Exchange rates:
new Uruguayan pesos (N$Ur) per US$1 - 2,732.8 (March 1992), 2,018.8 (1991),
1,171.0 (1990), 605.5 (1989), 359.4 (1988), 226.7 (1987)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

:Uruguay Communications

Railroads:
3,000 km, all 1.435-meter (standard) gauge and government owned
Highways:
49,900 km total; 6,700 km paved, 3,000 km gravel, 40,200 km earth
Inland waterways:
1,600 km; used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft
Ports:
Montevideo, Punta del Este
Merchant marine:
3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 56,737 GRT/104,143 DWT; includes 1
cargo, 1 container, 1 petroleum tanker
Civil air:
11 major transport aircraft
Airports:
90 total, 83 usable; 16 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways
over 3,659 m; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
most modern facilities concentrated in Montevideo; new nationwide microwave
network; 337,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 99 AM, no FM, 26 TV, 9
shortwave; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations

:Uruguay Defense Forces

Branches:
Army, Navy (including Naval Air Arm, Coast Guard, and Marines), Air Force,
Grenadier Guards, Police
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 745,728; 605,392 fit for military service; no conscription
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $168 million, 2.2% of GDP (1988)

:Uzbekistan Geography

Total area:
447,400 km2
Land area:
425,400 km2
Comparative area:
slightly larger than California
Land boundaries:
6,221 km total; Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099
km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km