92 est.)
commodities: raw materials, foodstuffs, capital goods
partners: Hong Kong 33%, China 20%, Japan 18% (1992 est.)

External debt: $0 (1995)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA

Currency: 1 pataca (P) = 100 avos

Exchange rates: patacas (P) per US$1 - 8.034 (1991-95), 8.024
(1990), 8.030 (1989); note - linked to the Hong Kong dollar at the
rate of 1.03 patacas per Hong Kong dollar

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 90 km
paved: 42 km
unpaved: 48 km (1987 est.)

Ports: Macau

Merchant marine: none

Airports: new international airport completed in 1995; 1 seaplane
station

Communications
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Telephones: 170,021 (1994 est.)

Telephone system: fairly modern communication facilities
maintained for domestic and international services
domestic: NA
international: HF radiotelephone communication facility; access to
international communications carriers provided via Hong Kong and
China; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 3, shortwave 0

Radios: 135,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 0
note: TV programs received from Hong Kong

Televisions: 34,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: NA

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 142,704
males fit for military service: 79,225 (1996 est.)

Defense note: defense is the responsibility of Portugal

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@Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
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Map
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Location: 41 50 N, 22 00 E -- Southeastern Europe, north of Greece

Flag
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Description: a rising yellow sun with 8 rays extending to the
edges of the red field

Geography
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Location: Southeastern Europe, north of Greece

Geographic coordinates: 41 50 N, 22 00 E

Map references: Europe

Area:
total area: 25,333 sq km
land area: 24,856 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Vermont

Land boundaries:
total: 748 km
border countries: Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 228 km,
Serbia and Montenegro 221 km (all with Serbia)

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

International disputes: dispute with Greece over name; in
September 1995, Skopje and Athens signed an interim acco