ding Ex-Im (FY70-89), $380 million;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $3.165 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $504 million;
Communist countries (1970-89), $61 million

Currency: 1 CFA franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes

Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (CFAF) per US$1
- 529.43 (January 1995), 555.20 (1994), 283.16 (1993), 264.69 (1992),
282.11 (1991), 272.26 (1990)
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: 1 October - 30 September

@Niger:Transportation

Railroads: 0 km

Highways:
total: 39,970 km
paved: bituminous 3,170 km
unpaved: gravel, laterite 10,330 km; earth 3,470 km; tracks 23,000 km

Inland waterways: Niger River is navigable 300 km from Niamey to Gaya
on the Benin frontier from mid-December through March

Ports: none

Airports:
total: 29
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 3
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 16

@Niger:Communications

Telephone system: 14,260 telephones; small system of wire,
radiocommunications, and radio relay links concentrated in
southwestern area
local: NA
intercity: wire, radiocommunications, and radio relay; 3 domestic
satellite links, with 1 planned
international: 2 INTELSAT (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) earth
stations

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 15, FM 5, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 18
televisions: NA

@Niger:Defense Forces

Branches: Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, Republican Guard,
National Police

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,908,767; males fit for
military service 1,029,384; males reach military age (18) annually
94,506 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $32 million, 1.3% of
GDP (FY92/93)

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NIGERIA

@Nigeria:Geography

Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between
Benin and Cameroon

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 923,770 sq km
land area: 910,770 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Californi