NA
Agriculture - products:
fruits and vegetables (grown in the few oases); camels, sheep,
goats (kept by nomads)
Industries:
phosphate mining, handicrafts
Industrial production growth rate:
NA
Electricity - production:
90 million kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
83.7 million kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2002)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:
1,800 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA
Oil - imports:
NA
Exports:
NA
Exports - commodities:
phosphates 62%
Exports - partners:
Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners
are included in overall Moroccan accounts
Imports:
NA
Imports - commodities:
fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners
are included in overall Moroccan accounts
Debt - external:
NA
Economic aid - recipient:
NA
Currency (code):
Moroccan dirham (MAD)
Currency code:
MAD
Exchange rates:
Moroccan dirhams per US dollar - 8.868 (2004), 9.5744 (2003),
11.0206 (2002), 11.303 (2001), 10.6256 (2000)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Western Sahara
Telephones - main lines in use:
about 2,000 (1999 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
0 (1999)
Telephone system:
general assessment: sparse and limited system
domestic: NA
international: country code - 212; tied into Morocco's system by
microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and satellite;
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) linked to
Rabat, Morocco
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
56,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
NA
Televisions:
6,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.eh
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
NA
Transportation Western Sahara
Highways:
total: 6,200 km
paved: 1,350 km
unpaved: 4,850 km (1991 est)
Ports and harbors:
Ad Dakhla, Cabo Bojador, Laayoune (El Aaiun)
Airports:
11 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 3
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