estern (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-90), $4.75 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $29 million;
Communist countries (1970-89), $125 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: 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 July - 30 June

@Cameroon:Transportation

Railroads:
total: 1,111 km
narrow gauge: 1,111 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways:
total: 65,000 km
paved: 2,682 km
unpaved: gravel, improved earth 32,318 km; unimproved earth 30,000 km

Inland waterways: 2,090 km; of decreasing importance

Ports: Bonaberi, Douala, Garoua, Kribi, Tiko

Merchant marine:
total: 2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 24,122 GRT/33,509
DWT

Airports:
total: 60
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 2
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 20
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 9
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 21

@Cameroon:Communications

Telephone system: 26,000 telephones; telephone density - 2
telephones/1,000 persons; available only to business and government
local: NA
intercity: cable, microwave radio relay, and troposcatter
international: 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 11, FM 11, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 1
televisions: NA

@Cameroon:Defense Forces

Branches: Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry), Air Force, National
Gendarmerie, Presidential Guard

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 3,038,007; males fit for
military service 1,532,303; males reach military age (18) annually
147,293 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $102 million, NA% of
GDP (1994)

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CANADA

@Canada:Geography

Location: Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean
and North Pacific Ocean, north of the conterminous US

Map references: North America

Area:
total area: 9,976,140 sq km
land area: 9,220,970 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than U