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n (1990 est.) _#_Industrial production: growth rate 7% (1987); accounts for 10% of GDP _#_Electricity: 25,000 kW capacity; 67 million kWh produced, 960 kWh per capita (1989) _#_Industries: tourism, processing of coconut and vanilla, fishing, coir rope factory, boat building, printing, furniture, beverage _#_Agriculture: accounts for 7% of GDP, mostly subsistence farming; cash crops--coconuts, cinnamon, vanilla; other products--sweet potatoes, cassava, bananas; broiler chickens; large share of food needs imported; expansion of tuna fishing under way _#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY78-89), $26 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1978-88), $310 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $5 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $60 million _#_Currency: Seychelles rupee (plural--rupees); 1 Seychelles rupee (SRe) = 100 cents _#_Exchange rates: Seychelles rupees (SR) per US$1--5.0878 (January 1991), 5.3369 (1990), 5.6457 (1989), 5.3836 (1988), 5.6000 (1987), 6.1768 (1986), 7.1343 (1985) _#_Fiscal year: calendar year _*_Communications _#_Highways: 260 km total; 160 km bituminous, 100 km crushed stone or earth _#_Ports: Victoria _#_Merchant marine: 1 refrigerated cargo (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,827 GRT/2,170 DWT _#_Civil air: 3 major transport aircraft _#_Airports: 14 total, 14 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; none with runways 1,220-2,439 m _#_Telecommunications: direct radio communications with adjacent islands and African coastal countries; 13,000 telephones; stations--2 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth station; USAF tracking station _*_Defense Forces _#_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential Protection Unit, Police Force, Militia _#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 17,399; 8,933 fit for military service _#_Defense expenditures: $12 million, 6% of GDP (1990 est.) _%_ _@_Sierra Leone _*_Geography _#_Total area: 71,740 km2; land area: 71,620 km2 _#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than South Carolina _#_Land boundaries: 958 km total; Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km _#_Coastline: 402 km _#_Maritime claims: Territorial sea: 200 nm _#_Climate: tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April) _#_Terrain: coastal belt of mangr
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