i riyal (QR) = 100 dirhams

Exchange rates: Qatari riyals (QR) per US$1-3.6400 riyals (fixed rate)

Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March

Communications

Telephones: 160,717 (1992 est.)

Telephone system: modern system centered in Doha
domestic: NA
international: tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay
to Saudi Arabia and UAE; submarine cable to Bahrain and UAE; satellite
earth stations-2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1
Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0

Radios: 201,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 3 (1988 est.)

Televisions: 205,000 (1992 est.)

@Qatar:Transportation

Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 1,230 km
paved: 1,107 km
unpaved: 123 km (1996 est.)

Pipelines: crude oil 235 km; natural gas 400 km

Ports and harbors: Doha, Halul Island, Umm Sa'id

Merchant marine:
total: 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 618,447 GRT/1,031,135 DWT
ships by type: combination ore/oil 2, container 3, cargo 11, oil
tanker 5 (1997 est.)

Airports: 4 (1997 est.)

Airports-with paved runways:
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 2 (1997 est.)

Airports-with unpaved runways:
total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (1997 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1997 est.)

@Qatar:Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Public Security

Military manpower-military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower-availability:
males age 15-49: 294,205 (1998 est.)
note: includes non-nationals

Military manpower-fit for military service:
males: 154,436 (1998 est.)

Military manpower-reaching military age annually:
males: 5,777 (1998 est.)

Military expenditures-dollar figure: $400 million (1996 est.)

Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 3.5% (1996 est.)

@Qatar:Transnational Issues

Disputes-international: territorial dispute with Bahrain over the
Hawar Islands and maritime boundary dispute with Bahrain currently
before the International Court of Justice (ICJ); in 1996, agreed with
Saudi Arabia to demarcate border per 1992 accord; that process is
ongoing

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REUNION

(overseas department of France)

@Reunion:Geography

Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of
Madagascar

Geographic coordinates: 21 06 S, 55 36 E

Map references: World

Area:
total: 2,510 sq km
land: 2,500 sq km
water: 10 sq km

Area-comparative: slightly smaller than Rhode Island