poultry, beef, dairy; not self-sufficient in food
Economic aid:
recipient:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $730 million; Western
(non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89) $52
million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $684 million; Communist
countries (1970-89), $410 million
Currency:
1 Tunisian dinar (TD) = 1,000 millimes
Exchange rates:
Tunisian dinars (TD) per US$1 - 1.0514 (January 1994), 1.0037 (1993),
0.8844 (1992), 0.9246 (1991), 0.8783 (1990), 0.9493 (1989)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

@Tunisia, Communications

Railroads:
2,115 km total; 465 km 1.435-meter (standard) gauge; 1,650 km
1.000-meter gauge
Highways:
total:
17,700 km
paved:
bituminous 9,100 km
unpaved:
improved, unimproved earth 8,600 km
Pipelines:
crude oil 797 km; petroleum products 86 km; natural gas 742 km
Ports:
Bizerte, Gabes, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis, La Goulette, Zarzis
Merchant marine:
23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 152,683 GRT/199,273 DWT, bulk 6,
cargo 6, chemical tanker 6, liquefied gas 1, oil tanker 1,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 1
Airports:
total:
31
usable:
27
with permanent-surface runways:
14
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
9
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
5
note:
a new airport opened 6 May 1993, length and type of surface NA
Telecommunications:
the system is above the African average; facilities consist of
open-wire lines, coaxial cable, and microwave radio relay; key centers
are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis; 233,000 telephones (28
telephones per 1,000 persons); broadcast stations - 7 AM, 8 FM, 19 TV;
5 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Atlantic Ocean
INTELSAT and 1 ARABSAT with back-up control station; coaxial cable and
microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya

@Tunisia, Defense Forces

Branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary forces, National Guard
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 2,229,362; fit for military service 1,281,015; reach
military age (20) annually 91,941 (1994 est.)
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $618 million, 3.7% of GDP (1993 est.)

@Turkey, Geography

Location:
Southwestern Asia (that part west of the Bosporus is sometimes
included with Europe), bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea,
between Bulgaria and Iran
Map references:
Africa, Europe, Middle East, Standard Time Zones