1986 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1986 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Airfields
4 total, 4 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 3 with runways 1, 220-2,439 m
Branches
Army, Presidential Guard, Gendarmerie
Budget
(1984) domestic revenue, $11 million; external grants, $29 million; current expenditures, $14 million; capital expenditures, $7 million; extrabudgetary expenditures, $44 million
Civil air
4 major transport aircraft
Highways
1,110 km total; approximately 400 km bituminous, remainder crushed stone or gravel
Military budget
for fiscal year ending 31 December 1981, $2.9 million; about 16% of the central government budget
Military manpower
males 15-49, 93,000; 55,000 fit for military service
Monetary conversion rate
475 Communaute Financiere Af ricaine (CFA) francs=US$l (1985) Communications
Ports
1 major (Mutsamudu on Anjouan Island); 2 minor
Railroads
none
Telecommunications
sparse system of radio-relay and high frequency radio communication stations for interisland and external communications to Madagascar and Reunion; 1,800 telephones (0.4 per 100 popl.); 2 AM stations, 1 FM station, no TV stations Defense Forces