1995, the EU agreed to provide a credit line of ECU 21.7
million for investment projects

Currency: the denar, which was adopted by the Macedonian
legislature 26 April 1992, was initially issued in the form of a
coupon pegged to the German mark; subsequently repegged to a basket
of seven currencies

Exchange rates: denar per US$1 - 38.8 (December 1995), 39
(November 1994), 865 (October 1992)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 699 km
standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (232 km electrified) (1995)

Highways:
total: 10,591 km
paved: 5,091 km
unpaved: 5,500 km (1991 est.)

Waterways: none, lake transport only

Pipelines: none

Ports: none

Airports:
total: 16
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 12
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 125,000

Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: NA

Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 2, shortwave 0

Radios: 369,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 5 (relays 2)

Televisions: 327,011 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Police Force

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 571,927
males fit for military service: 458,231
males reach military age (19) annually: 16,698 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: 7 billion denars, NA% of GDP (1993 est.);
note - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the
current exchange rate could produce misleading results

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@Madagascar
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Map
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Location: 20 00 S, 47 00 E -- Southern Africa, island in the
Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique

Flag
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Description: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green
with a vertical white band of the same width on hoist side

Geography
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Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of
Mozambique

Geographic coordinates: 20 00 S, 47 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 587,040 sq km
land area: 581,540 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Arizona

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 4,828 km

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or 100 nm from the 2,500-m isobath
exclusiv