1995 est.)
commodities: raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods
partners: US, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela, Germany

External debt: $2.6 billion (December 1992)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $777 million (1993)
note: US has committed $250 million in aid to El Salvador for 1992-96

Currency: 1 Salvadoran colon (C) = 100 centavos

Exchange rates: Salvadoran colones (C) per US$1 - 8.755 (December
1995), 8.755 (1995), 8.750 (1994), 8.670 (1993), 9.170 (1992), 8.080
(1991)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 602 km (single track; note - some sections abandoned,
unusable, or operating at reduced capacity)
narrow gauge: 602 km 0.914-m gauge

Highways:
total: 12,251 km
paved: 1,740 km (including 107 km of expressways)
unpaved: 10,511 km (1992 est.)

Waterways: Rio Lempa partially navigable

Ports: Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco, La Libertad, La Union, Puerto El
Triunfo

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 73
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 48
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 21 (1995 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 116,000 (1984 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System

Radio broadcast stations: AM 77, FM 0, shortwave 2

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 5 (1986 est.)

Televisions: 500,700 (1993 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 1,415,691
males fit for military service: 905,938
males reach military age (18) annually: 78,660 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $100 million, 1%
of GDP (1995)

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@Equatorial Guinea
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Map
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Location: 2 00 N, 10 00 E -- Western Africa, bordering the North
Atlantic Ocean, between Cameroon and Gabon

Flag
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Description: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white,
and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and
the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has
six yel