, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $9.8 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $44 million;
Communist countries (1970-89), $614 million

Currency: 1 Tanzanian shilling (TSh) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: Tanzanian shillings (TSh) per US$1 - 523.40 (December
1994), 509.63 (1994), 405.27 (1993), 297.71 (1992), 219.16 (1991),
195.06 (1990)

Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

@Tanzania:Transportation

Railroads:
total: 2,600 km; note - not a part of Tanzania Railways Corporation is
the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860
km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and New Kapiri
M'poshi in Zambia; 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia;
because of the difference in gauge, this system does not connect to
Tanzania Railways
narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways:
total: 81,900 km
paved: 3,600 km
unpaved: gravel, crushed stone 5,600 km; improved, unimproved earth
72,700 km

Inland waterways: Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Lake Nyasa

Pipelines: crude oil 982 km

Ports: Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Kigoma, Lindi, Mkoani, Mtwara, Musoma,
Mwanza, Tanga, Wete, Zanzibar

Merchant marine:
total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 29,145 GRT/39,186 DWT
ships by type: cargo 3, oil tanker 1, passenger-cargo 2,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

Airports:
total: 108
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 2
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: 30
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 16
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 51

@Tanzania:Communications

Telephone system: 103,800 telephones; fair system operating below
capacity
local: NA
intercity: open wire, microwave radio relay, troposcatter
international: 2 satellite earth stations - 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT
and 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 12, FM 4, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 2
televisions: NA

@Tanzania:Defense Forces

Branches: Tanzanian People's Defense Force (TPDF; includes Army, Navy,
and Air Force), paramilitary Police Field Force Unit, Militia

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 6,188,455; males fit for
military service 3,584,912 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $69 million, NA% of
GDP (FY94/95)

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