January 1995), 5.9500
(1994), 5.0000 (fixed rate 1992-93); fixed at 2.070 before 1992; note
- official rate pegged to the US$

Fiscal year: 8 July - 7 July

@Ethiopia:Transportation

Railroads:
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)

narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways:
total: 24,127 km
paved: 3,289 km
unpaved: gravel 6,664 km; improved earth 1,652 km; unimproved earth
12,522 km (1993)

Ports: none

Merchant marine:
total: 12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 62,627 GRT/88,909 DWT
ships by type: cargo 8, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 2,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

Airports:
total: 98
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 2
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 24
with unpaved runways over 3,047 m: 4
with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 14
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 42

@Ethiopia:Communications

Telephone system: NA telephones; open-wire and radio relay system
adequate for government use
local: NA
intercity: open wire and microwave radio relay links
international: open-wire to Sudan and Djibouti; microwave radio relay
to Kenya and Djibouti; 3 INTELSAT (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Pacific
Ocean) earth stations

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 0, shortwave 0
radios: 9 million

Television:
broadcast stations: 1
televisions: 100,000

@Ethiopia:Defense Forces

Branches: Transitional Government of Ethiopia Forces, Air Force,
Police

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 12,658,084; males fit for
military service 6,569,759; males reach military age (18) annually
565,976 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $140 million, 4.1% of
GDP (FY94/95)

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EUROPA ISLAND

(possession of France)

@Europa Island:Geography

Location: Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about
one-half of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 28 sq km
land area: 28 sq km
comparative area: about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 22.2 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: claimed by