_Industries: crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic
petrochemicals, cement, small steel-rolling mill, construction,
fertilizer, plastic

_#_Agriculture: accounts for about 10% of GDP, 16% of labor force;
fastest growing economic sector; subsidized by government;
products--wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus fruit, mutton,
chickens, eggs, milk; approaching self-sufficiency in food

_#_Economic aid: donor--pledged $64.7 billion in bilateral aid
(1979-89)

_#_Currency: Saudi riyal (plural--riyals); 1 Saudi riyal (SR) = 100
halalas

_#_Exchange rates: Saudi riyals (SR) per US$1--3.7450 (fixed rate
since late 1986), 3.7033 (1986), 3.6221 (1985)

_#_Fiscal year: calendar year

_*_Communications
_#_Railroads: 886 km 1.435-meter standard gauge

_#_Highways: 74,000 km total; 35,000 km bituminous, 39,000 km gravel
and improved earth

_#_Pipelines: 6,400 km crude oil; 150 km refined products; 2,200 km
natural gas, includes 1,600 km of natural gas liquids

_#_Ports: Jiddah, Ad Dammam, Ras Tanura, Jizan, Al Jubayl,
Yanbu al Bahr, Yanbu al Sinaiyah

_#_Merchant marine: 84 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,492,174
GRT/2,436,635 DWT; includes 1 passenger, 6 short-sea passenger,
14 cargo, 12 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 container, 6 refrigerated cargo, 5
livestock carrier, 26 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 8
chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 1 specialized tanker, 1 bulk

_#_Civil air: 182 major transport aircraft available

_#_Airports: 207 total, 188 usable; 69 with permanent-surface runways;
13 with runways over 3,659 m; 38 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 103 with
runways 1,220-2,439 m

_#_Telecommunications: good system with extensive microwave and
coaxial cable systems; 1,624,000 telephones; stations--21 AM, 16 FM,
97 TV; radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and
Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait; submarine cable to Djibouti and Egypt;
earth stations--3 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 2 Indian Ocean INTELSAT,
1 ARABSAT, 1 INMARSAT, 1 ARABSAT

_*_Defense Forces
_#_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, National
Guard, Coast Guard, Frontier Force, Special Security Force, Public
Security Force

_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 6,663,217; 3,724,610 fit for
military service; 165,167 reach military age (17) annually

_#_Defense expenditures: $13.9 billion, 16.9% of GDP (1990 est.)
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_@_Senegal
_*_Geography
_#_Total area