ving to Europe and
North America
Economic aid:
recipient:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $551 million; Western
(non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $5.23
billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $589 million; Communist
countries (1970-89), $295 million
Currency:
1 CFA franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (CFAF) per US$1 - 592.05
(January 1994), 283.16 (1993), 264.69 (1992), 282.11 (1991), 272.26
(1990), 319.01 (1989)
note:
the official rate is pegged to the French franc, and beginning 12
January 1994, the CFA franc was devalued to CFAF 100 per French franc
from CFAF 50 at which it had been fixed since 1948
Fiscal year:
calendar year

@Senegal, Communications

Railroads:
1,034 km 1.000-meter gauge; all single track except 70 km double track
Dakar to Thies
Highways:
total:
14,007 km
paved:
3,777 km
unpaved:
crushed stone, improved earth 10,230 km
Inland waterways:
897 km total; 785 km on the Senegal, 112 km on the Saloum
Ports:
Dakar, Kaolack, Foundiougne, Ziguinchor
Merchant marine:
1 bulk ship (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 1,995 GRT/3,775 DWT
Airports:
total:
26
usable:
20
with permanent-surface runways:
10
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
1
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
16
Telecommunications:
above-average urban system, using microwave and cable; broadcast
stations - 8 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 3 submarine cables; 1 Atlantic Ocean
INTELSAT earth station

@Senegal, Defense Forces

Branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie, National Police
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 1,951,370; fit for military service 1,018,802; reach
military age (18) annually 94,973 (1994 est.)
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $100 million, 2% of GDP (1989 est.)

@Serbia and Montenegro

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Note:
Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint
independent state, but this entity has not been formally recognized as
a state by the US; the US view is that the Socialist Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has dissolved and that none of the successor
republics represents its continuation

@Serbia and Montenegro, Geography

Location:
Balkan State, Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria
Map references:
Ethnic Groups in Eastern Europe,