Cape Verdean escudos (CVEsc) per US$1--96.400
(November 1998), 99.41 (1998), 93.177 (1997), 82.591 (1996), 76.853
(1995), 81.891 (1994)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: 22,900 (1995 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: interisland microwave radio relay system with both analog
and digital exchanges; work is in progress on a submarine
fiber-optic cable system which was scheduled for completion in 1998
international: 2 coaxial submarine cables; HF radiotelephone to
Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station--1 Intelsat
(Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997 est.)

Televisions: 7,000 (1991 est.)

Transportation

Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 1,100 km
paved: 858 km
unpaved: 242 km (1996 est.)

Ports and harbors: Mindelo, Praia, Tarrafal

Merchant marine:
total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,620 GRT/13,920 DWT
ships by type: cargo 3, chemical tanker 1 (1998 est.)

Airports: 6 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 6
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Armed Forces (AF) (includes all armed force
elements, both ground and naval)

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 84,018 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 47,672 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $3.8 million (1996)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 1.8% (1996)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: none

Illicit drugs: used as a transshipment point for illicit drugs
moving from Latin America and Africa destined for Western Europe

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Geography

Location: Caribbean, island group in Caribbean Sea, nearly
one-half of the way from Cuba to Honduras

Geographic coordinates: 19 30 N, 80 30 W

Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total: 260 sq km
land: 260 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area--comparative: 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 160 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate: tropical marine; warm, rainy summers (May to October)
and cool, relatively dry wint