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$7.4 million from UNDP (1990) _#_Currency: tughrik (plural--tughriks); 1 tughrik (Tug) = 100 mongos _#_Exchange rates: tughriks (Tug) per US$1--7.1 (1991), 5.63 (1990), 3.00 (1989) _#_Fiscal year: calendar year _*_Communications _#_Railroads: 1,750 km 1.524-meter broad gauge (1988) _#_Highways: 46,700 km total; 1,000 km hard surface; 45,700 km other surfaces (1988) _#_Inland waterways: 397 km of principal routes (1988) _#_Civil air: 25 major transport aircraft _#_Airports: 81 total, 31 usable; 11 with permanent-surface runways; fewer than 5 with runways over 3,659 m; fewer than 20 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m _#_Telecommunications: stations--12 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV (with 18 provincial relays); relay of Soviet TV; 120,000 TVs; 186,000 radios; at least 1 earth station _*_Defense Forces _#_Branches: Mongolian People's Army (includes Border Guards), Air Force _#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 535,376; 349,548 fit for military service; 25,275 reach military age (18) annually _#_Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP _%_ _@_Montserrat (dependent territory of the UK) _*_Geography _#_Total area: 100 km2; land area: 100 km2 _#_Comparative area: about 0.6 times the size of Washington, DC _#_Land boundaries: none _#_Coastline: 40 km _#_Maritime claims: Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm; Territorial sea: 3 nm _#_Climate: tropical; little daily or seasonal temperature variation _#_Terrain: volcanic islands, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland _#_Natural resources: negligible _#_Land use: arable land 20%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 10%; forest and woodland 40%; other 30% _#_Environment: subject to severe hurricanes from June to November _#_Note: located 400 km southeast of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea _*_People _#_Population: 12,504 (July 1991), growth rate 1.0% (1991) _#_Birth rate: 16 births/1,000 population (1991) _#_Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1991) _#_Net migration rate: 4 migrants/1,000 population (1991) _#_Infant mortality rate: 9 deaths/1,000 live births (1991) _#_Life expectancy at birth: 74 years male, 80 years female (1991) _#_Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman (1991) _#_Nationality: noun--Montserratian(s); adjective--Montserratian _#_Ethnic divisions: mostly black with a few Europeans _#_Religion: Ang
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