umer goods, construction materials
partners: Jordan, Israel

External debt: $NA

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA
note: $410 million (est.) disbursed from international aid pledged
in 1995 (includes aid to Gaza Strip)

Currency: 1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot; 1 Jordanian
dinar (JD) = 1,000 fils

Exchange rates: new Israeli shekels (NIS) per US$1 - 3.1295
(January 1996), 3.0113 (1995), 3.0111 (1994), 2.8301 (1993), 2.4591
(1992), 2.2791 (1991); Jordanian dinars (JD) per US$1 - 0.7090
(January 1996), 0.7005 (1995), 0.6987 (1994), 0.6928 (1993), 0.6797
(1992), 0.6808 (1991)

Fiscal year: calendar year (since 1 January 1992)

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: NA km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km
note: small road network; Israelis have developed many highways to
service Jewish settlements

Ports: none

Airports:
total: 2
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: NA
note: 8% of Palestinian households have telephones (1992 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: NA
note: Israeli company BEZEK is responsible for communication
services in the West Bank

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

Radios: NA; note - 82% of Palestinian households have radios (1992
est.)

Television broadcast stations: 0
note: 1 broadcast station is planned for Jericho

Televisions: NA; note - 54% of Palestinian households have
televisions (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: NA

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: NA
males fit for military service: NA

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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@Western Sahara
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Map
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Location: 24 30 N, 13 00 W -- Northern Africa, bordering the North
Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco

Geography
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Location: Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,
between Mauritania and Morocco

Geographic coordinates: 24 30 N, 13 00 W

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 266,000 sq km
land area: 266,000 sq km
comparative area: about the size of Colorado

Land boundaries:
total: 2,046 km
border countries: Algeria 42 km, Mauritania 1,561 km, Morocco 443 km

Coastline: 1,110 km

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