nts
(1970-88), $333 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $76 million;
Communist countries (1970-88), $48 million

_#_Currency: Maltese lira (plural--liri); 1 Maltese lira (LM) = 100
cents

_#_Exchange rates: Maltese liri (LM) per US$1--0.3004 (January 1991),
0.3172 (1990), 0.3483 (1989), 0.3306 (1988), 0.3451 (1987), 0.3924
(1986), 0.4676 (1985)

_#_Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March

_*_Communications
_#_Highways: 1,291 km total; 1,179 km paved (asphalt), 77 km crushed
stone or gravel, 35 km improved and unimproved earth

_#_Ports: Valletta, Marsaxlokk

_#_Merchant marine: 415 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,005,791
GRT/8,644,369 DWT; includes 3 passenger, 8 short-sea passenger, 160
cargo, 5 container, 2 passenger-cargo, 13 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3
vehicle carrier, 1 barge carrier, 6 refrigerated cargo, 9 chemical
tanker, 8 combination ore/oil, 2 specialized tanker, 1 liquefied gas,
79 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 104 bulk, 11 combination
bulk; note--a flag of convenience registry; China owns 1 ship, USSR owns
7, Cuba owns 7, and Vietnam owns 1

_#_Civil air: 7 major transport aircraft

_#_Airports: 1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m

_#_Telecommunications: modern automatic system centered in Valletta;
163,800 telephones; stations--9 AM, 4 FM, 2 TV; 1 submarine cable;
1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

_*_Defense Forces
_#_Branches: Armed Forces, Maltese Police Force

_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 94,081; 75,222 fit for military
service

_#_Defense expenditures: $21.9 million, 1.3% of GDP (1989 est.)
_%_
_@_Man, Isle of
(British crown dependency)
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 588 km2; land area: 588 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly less than 3.5 times the size of
Washington, DC

_#_Land boundaries: none

_#_Coastline: 113 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;

Territorial sea: 3 nm

_#_Climate: cool summers and mild winters; humid; overcast about half
the time

_#_Terrain: hills in north and south bisected by central valley

_#_Natural resources: lead, iron ore

_#_Land use: arable land NA%; permanent crops NA%; meadows and
pastures NA%; forest and woodland NA%; other NA%; extensive arable land
and forests

_#_Environment: strong westerly winds prevail

_#_Note: located in Irish Sea equidistant from England, Scotland,
and Ireland

_*_People
_#_Population: 64,075 (July