1 leone (Le) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: leones (Le) per US$1 - 951.63 (January 1996),
755.22 (1995), 586.74 (1994), 567.46 (1993), 499.44 (1992), 295.34
(1991)

Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

Transportation
--------------

Railways:
total: 84 km used on a limited basis because the mine at Marampa is
closed
narrow gauge: 84 km 1.067-m gauge

Highways:
total: 11,674 km
paved: 1,284 km
unpaved: 10,390 km (1992 est.)

Waterways: 800 km; 600 km navigable year round

Ports: Bonthe, Freetown, Pepel

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 5
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2 (1995 est.)

Communications
--------------

Telephones: 17,526 (1991 est.)

Telephone system: marginal telephone and telegraph service
domestic: national microwave radio relay system made unserviceable
by military activities
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

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

Radios: 980,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 1

Televisions: 45,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
-------

Branches: Army, Navy, Police, Security Forces

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 1,019,093
males fit for military service: 494,451 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $14 million, 2.6%
of GDP (FY92/93)

======================================================================

@Singapore
---------

Map
---

Location: 1 22 N, 103 48 E -- Southeastern Asia, islands between
Malaysia and Indonesia

Flag
----

Description: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white;
near the hoist side of the red band, there is a vertical, white
crescent (closed portion is toward the hoist side) partially
enclosing five white five-pointed stars arranged in a circle

Geography
---------

Location: Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia

Geographic coordinates: 1 22 N, 103 48 E

Map references: Southeast Asia

Area:
total area: 632.6 sq km
land area: 622.6 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than three times the size of
Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 193 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: within and beyond territorial sea, as
defined in treaties and practice
territorial sea: 3 nm

Internation