) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $2 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $45 million;
Communist countries (1970-89), $58 million
note: in October 1990 Rwanda launched a Structural Adjustment Program
with the IMF; since September 1991, the EC has given $46 million and
the US $25 million in support of this program (1993)

Currency: 1 Rwandan franc (RF) = 100 centimes

Exchange rates: Rwandan francs (RF) per US$1 - 144.3 (3rd quarter
1994), 144.25 (1993), 133.35 (1992), 125.14 (1991), 82.60 (1990)

Fiscal year: calendar year

@Rwanda:Transportation

Railroads: 0 km

Highways:
total: 4,885 km
paved: 880 km
unpaved: gravel, sand and gravel 1,305 km; unimproved earth 2,700 km

Inland waterways: Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and
native craft

Ports: Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye

Airports:
total: 7
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 3
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1

@Rwanda:Communications

Telephone system: NA telephones; telephone system does not provide
service to the general public but is intended for business and
government use
local: NA
intercity: the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the
prefectures by microwave radio relay; the remainder of the network
depends on wire and high frequency radio
international: international connections employ microwave radio relay
to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant
countries; 1 INTELSAT (Indian Ocean) and 1 SYMPHONIE earth station in
Kigali (includes telex and telefax service)

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 1
televisions: NA

@Rwanda:Defense Forces

Branches: Army, Gendarmerie

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,792,326; males fit for
military service 913,711 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $112.5 million, 7% of
GDP (1992)

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SAINT HELENA

(dependent territory of the UK)

@Saint Helena:Geography

Location: Southern Africa, island in the South Atlantic Ocean, west of
Angola, about two-thirds of the way from South America to Africa

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 410 sq km
land area: 410 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than 2.3 times the size of W