external: $NA

Economic aid:
donor: pledged $100 million in 1993 to fund reconstruction of Lebanon

Currency: 1 Saudi riyal (SR) = 100 halalah

Exchange rates: Saudi riyals (SR) per US$1 - 3.7450 (fixed rate since
June 1986)

Fiscal year: calendar year

@Saudi Arabia:Communications

Telephones: 1.46 million (1993)

Telephone system: modern system
domestic: extensive microwave radio relay and coaxial and fiber-optic
cable systems
international: microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait,
Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan;
submarine cable to Djibouti, Egypt and Bahrain; satellite earth
stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1
Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 43, FM 13, shortwave 0

Radios: 5 million (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 80

Televisions: 4.5 million (1993 est.)

@Saudi Arabia:Transportation

Railways:
total: 1,390 km
standard gauge: 1,390 km 1.435-m gauge (448 km double track) (1992)

Highways:
total: 159,000 km
paved: 67,893 km
unpaved: 91,107 km (1995 est.)

Pipelines: crude oil 6,400 km; petroleum products 150 km; natural gas
2,200 km (includes natural gas liquids 1,600 km)

Ports and harbors: Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Duba, Jiddah, Jizan, Rabigh,
Ra's al Khafji, Al Mishab, Ras Tanura, Yanbu' al Bahr, Yanbu' al
Sinaiyah

Merchant marine:
total : 79 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 998,503 GRT/1,417,265
DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 12, chemical tanker 7, container 3,
liquefied gas tanker 1, livestock carrier 5, oil tanker 24, passenger
1, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 12, short-sea
passenger 9 (1996 est.)

Airports: 174 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total : 79
over 3,047 m: 30
2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 22
914 to 1,523 m : 3
under 914 m: 13 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 95
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 66
914 to 1,523 m : 24 (1996 est.)

Heliports: 4 (1996 est.)

Military

Military branches: Land Force (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense
Force, National Guard, Coast Guard, Frontier Forces, Public Security
Force, Ministry of Interior Forces

Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49 : 5,498,492 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males: 3,057,533 (1997 est.)

Military manpow