ction: 4.5 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 8,415 kWh (1993)

Agriculture: fruits, vegetables; poultry, dairy products, beef;
fish (all on small scale)

Exports: $2.9 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
commodities: petroleum products 75%, steel, fertilizers
partners: Japan 61%, Australia 5%, UAE 4%, Singapore 4% (1994)

Imports: $2 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
commodities: machinery and equipment, consumer goods, food, chemicals
partners: Germany 14%, Japan 12%, UK 11%, US 9%, Italy 5% (1994)

External debt: $1.5 billion (1993 est.)

Economic aid: $NA

Currency: 1 Qatari riyal (QR) = 100 dirhams

Exchange rates: Qatari riyals (QR) per US$1 - 3.6400 riyals (fixed
rate)

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 1,191 km
paved: 1,028 km
unpaved: 163 km (1988 est.)

Pipelines: crude oil 235 km; natural gas 400 km

Ports: Doha, Halul Island, Umm Sa'id

Merchant marine:
total: 19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 467,447 GRT/771,483 DWT
ships by type: combination ore/oil 2, container 3, cargo 11, oil
tanker 3 (1995 est.)

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

Heliports: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 160,717 (1992 est.)

Telephone system: modern system centered in Doha
domestic: NA
international: tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio
relay to Saudi Arabia and UAE; submarine cable to Bahrain and UAE;
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian
Ocean) and 1 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0

Radios: 201,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 3 (1988 est.)

Televisions: 205,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Public Security

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 220,635
males fit for military service: 115,403
males reach military age (18) annually: 4,115 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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@Reunion
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(overseas department of France)

Map
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Location: 21 06 S, 55 36 E -- Southern Africa, island in the
Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar

Flag
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Description: the flag of France is used

Geography