total: 13,173 km
paved: 1,186 km
unpaved: 11,987 km (1990 est.)

Waterways: Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native
craft

Ports: Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye

Airports:
total: 7
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 3
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 6,400 (1983 est.)

Telephone system: telephone system does not provide service to the
general public but is intended for business and government use
domestic: the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the
prefectures by microwave radio relay; the remainder of the network
depends on wire and HF radiotelephone
international: international connections employ microwave radio
relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more
distant countries; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian
Ocean) in Kigali (includes telex and telefax service)

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

Radios: 630,000 (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 1

Televisions: NA

Defense
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Branches: Army, Gendarmerie

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 1,582,656
males fit for military service: 805,722 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $112.5 million,
7% of GDP (1992)

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@Saint Helena
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(dependent territory of the UK)

Map
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Location: 15 56 S, 5 42 W -- Southern Africa, island in the South
Atlantic Ocean, west of Angola, about two-thirds of the way from
South America to Africa

Flag
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Description: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the outer half of
the flag; the shield features a rocky coastline and three-masted
sailing ship

Geography
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Location: Southern Africa, island in the South Atlantic Ocean,
west of Angola, about two-thirds of the way from South America to
Africa

Geographic coordinates: 15 56 S, 5 42 W

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 410 sq km
land area: 410 sq km
comparative area: nearly two times the size of Washington, DC
note: includes Ascension, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island,
Nightingale Island, and Tristan da Cunha

Land boundaries