st.)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $310 million (1993)
note: western and Japanese bilateral aid $215 million; multilateral
aid $43 million (1994-95)

Currency: 1 Nepalese rupee (NR) = 100 paisa

Exchange rates: Nepalese rupees (NRs) per US$1 - 56.636 (January
1996), 51.890 (1995), 49.398 (1994), 48.607 (1993), 42.718 (1992),
37.255 (1991)

Fiscal year: 16 July - 15 July

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 101 km; note - all in Terai close to Indian border
narrow gauge: 101 km 0.762-m gauge

Highways:
total: 9,933 km
paved: 3,421 km
unpaved: 6,512 km (1995 est.)

Ports: none

Airports:
total: 43
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 3
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 27
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 10 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 82,774 (1995 est.)

Telephone system: poor telephone and telegraph service; fair
radiotelephone communication service
domestic: NA
international: radiotelephone communications; satellite earth
station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 88, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: 690,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 1 (1988 est.)

Televisions: 45,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Royal Nepalese Army, Royal Nepalese Army Air Service,
Nepalese Police Force

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 5,329,345
males fit for military service: 2,768,887
males reach military age (17) annually: 254,590 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $36 million, 1.2%
of GDP (FY92/93)

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@Netherlands
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Map
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Location: 52 30 N, 5 45 E -- Western Europe, bordering the North
Sea, between Belgium and Germany

Flag
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Description: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and
blue; similar to the flag of Luxembourg, which uses a lighter blue
and is longer

Geography
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Location: Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium
and Germany

Geographic coordinates: 52 30 N, 5 45 E

Map references: Europe

Area:
total area: 37,330 sq km
land area: 33,920 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of New Jer