ellaneous
manufactured goods, fuel
partners: Australia 40%, Japan 18%, Fiji 17%, NZ 6%, US 4% (1991)

External debt: $2 million (December 1989 est.)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA

Currency: 1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: Australian dollars ($A) per US$1 - 1.3477 (January
1996), 1.3486 (1995), 1.3667 (1994), 1.4704 (1993), 1.3600 (1992),
1.2835 (1991)

Fiscal year: NA

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 640 km (1987 est.)
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km

Waterways: small network of canals, totaling 5 km, in Line Islands

Ports: Banaba, Betio, English Harbor, Kanton

Merchant marine:
total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,248 GRT/4,496 DWT
ships by type: oil tanker 1, short-sea passenger 1 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 20
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 4
with paved runways under 914 m: 5
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 11 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 1,400 (1984 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: 15,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 0 (1988 est.)

Televisions: 0 (1988 est.)

Defense
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Branches: no regular military forces; Police Force (carries out
law enforcement functions and paramilitary duties; small police
posts are on all islands)

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: NA
males fit for military service: NA

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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@Korea, North
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Map
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Location: 40 00 N, 127 00 E -- Eastern Asia, northern half of the
Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan,
between China and South Korea

Flag
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Description: three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple
width), and blue; the red band is edged in white; on the hoist side
of the red band is a white disk with a red five-pointed star

Geography
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Location: Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula
bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and
South Korea

Geographic coordinates: 40 00 N, 127 00 E

Map references: Asia

Area:
total area: 120,540 sq km
land area: 120,410 sq km
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