ranc from CFAF 50 at which it had been fixed since
1948

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 660 km (1995 est.)
narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000-meter gauge; 25 km double track

Highways:
total: 46,331 km
paved: 3,579 km
unpaved: 42,752 km (1984 est.)

Waterways: 980 km navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal
lagoons

Ports: Abidjan, Aboisso, Dabou, San-Pedro

Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 27,726 GRT/34,711 DWT
ships by type: container 2, oil tanker 1 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 35
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 2
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 4
with paved runways under 914 m: 10
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 6
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 12 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 87,700 (1987 est.)

Telephone system: well-developed by African standards but
operating well below capacity
domestic: open-wire lines and microwave radio relay
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic
Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); 2 coaxial submarine cables

Radio broadcast stations: AM 71, FM 0, shortwave 13

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 18

Televisions: 810,000 (1993 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie,
Presidential Guard

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 3,386,638
males fit for military service: 1,762,412
males reach military age (18) annually: 157,712 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $140 million,
1.4% of GDP (1993)

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@Croatia
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Map
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Location: 45 10 N, 15 30 E -- Southeastern Europe, bordering the
Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia

Flag
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Description: red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian
coat of arms (red and white checkered)

Geography
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Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia

Geographic coordinates: 45 10 N, 15 30 E

Map references: Europe

Area:
total area: 56,538 sq km
land area: 56,410 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than West Virginia

Land boundaries:
total: 2,073 km
border countrie