sava, bananas, buffaloes, and pigs

Economic aid:
recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-87), $20.6 million;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $153 million

Currency: 1 Bruneian dollar (B$) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: Bruneian dollars (B$) per US$1 - 1.4524 (January
1995), 1.5274 (1994), 1.6158 (1993), 1.6290 (1992), 1.7276 (1991),
1.8125 (1990); note - the Bruneian dollar is at par with the Singapore
dollar

Fiscal year: calendar year

@Brunei:Transportation

Railroads:
total: 13 km private line
narrow gauge: 13 km 0.610-m gauge

Highways:
total: 1,090 km
paved: bituminous 370 km (with another 52 km under construction)
unpaved: gravel or earth 720 km

Inland waterways: 209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2
meters

Pipelines: crude oil 135 km; petroleum products 418 km; natural gas
920 km

Ports: Bandar Seri Begawar, Kuala Belait, Muara, Seria, Tutong

Merchant marine:
total: 7 liquefied gas carriers (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 348,476
GRT/340,635 DWT

Airports:
total: 5
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 3
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1

@Brunei:Communications

Telephone system: 33,000 telephones (1987); service throughout country
is adequate for present needs; international service good to adjacent
Malaysia
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: INTELSAT (NA Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) earth
stations

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 4, shortwave 0
radios: 74,000 (1987)
note: radiobroadcast coverage good

Television:
broadcast stations: 1
televisions: NA

@Brunei:Defense Forces

Branches: Land Forces, Navy, Air Force, Royal Brunei Police

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 81,560; males fit for military
service 47,403; males reach military age (18) annually 2,835 (1995
est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $312 million, 6.2% of
GDP (1994)

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BULGARIA

@Bulgaria:Geography

Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between
Romania and Turkey

Map references: Ethnic Groups in Eastern Europe, Europe

Area:
total area: 110,910 sq km
land area: 110,550 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Tennessee

Land boundaries: total 1,808 km, Greece 494 km, The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia