partners:
US 40%, Guatemala 12%, Venezuela 7%, Mexico 7%, Germany 5%, Japan 4%
External debt:
$2.0 billion (December 1990 est.)
Industrial production:
growth rate 2.4% (1990); accounts for 22% of GDP
Electricity:
682,000 kW capacity; 1,927 million kWh produced, 356 kWh per capita (1991)
Industries:
food processing, textiles, clothing, beverages, petroleum, tobacco products,
chemicals, furniture
Agriculture:
accounts for 25% of GDP and 40% of labor force (including fishing and
forestry); coffee most important commercial crop; other products -
sugarcane, corn, rice, beans, oilseeds, beef, dairy products, shrimp; not
self-sufficient in food
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for cocaine
Economic aid:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-90), $2.95 billion; Western (non-US)
countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $525 million
Currency:
Salvadoran colon (plural - colones); 1 Salvadoran colon (C) = 100 centavos
Exchange rates:
Salvadoran colones (C) per US$1 - 8.1 (January 1992), floating rate since
mid-1990); 5.0000 (fixed rate 1986 to mid-1990)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

:El Salvador Communications

Railroads:
602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track
Highways:
10,000 km total; 1,500 km paved, 4,100 km gravel, 4,400 km improved and
unimproved earth
Inland waterways:
Rio Lempa partially navigable
Ports:
Acajutla, Cutuco
Civil air:
7 major transport aircraft
Airports:
107 total, 77 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways
over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
nationwide trunk radio relay system; connection into Central American
Microwave System; 116,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 77 AM, no FM, 5
TV, 2 shortwave; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

:El Salvador Defense Forces

Branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, National Police, Treasury Police
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 1,265,149; 809,419 fit for military service; 68,445 reach
military age (18) annually
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $220 million, 3.6% of GDP (1991)

:Equatorial Guinea Geography

Total area:
28,050 km2
Land area:
28,050 km2
Comparative area:
slightly larger than Maryland
Land boundaries:
539 km; Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km
Coastline:
296