The 2005 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

- imports:

       0 kWh (2002)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       8,600 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA

      Oil - imports:

       NA

      Current account balance:

       $-308.3 million (2004 est.)

      Exports:

       $709.2 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural

       products

      Exports - partners:

       France 17.7%, Belgium 14.7%, UK 14.7%, Switzerland 12.8%, Ukraine

       4.2% (2004)

      Imports:

       $641.5 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment,

       textiles, grain and other foodstuffs

      Imports - partners:

       Cote d'Ivoire 15.5%, France 9%, Belgium 6.1%, China 6%, South

       Africa 4.8% (2004)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

       $201.7 million (2004 est.)

      Debt - external:

       $3.25 billion (2001 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $359.2 million (1998)

      Currency (code):

       Guinean franc (GNF)

      Currency code:

       GNF

      Exchange rates:

       Guinean francs per US dollar - 2,550 (2004), 1,984.9 (2003),

       1,975.8 (2002), 1,950.6 (2001), 1,746.9 (2000)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Guinea

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       26,200 (2003)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       111,500 (2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: poor to fair system of open-wire lines, small

       radiotelephone communication stations, and new microwave radio relay

       system

       domestic: microwave radio relay and radiotelephone communication

       international: country code - 224; satellite earth station - 1

       Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 4 (one station is inactive), FM 1 (plus 7 repeaters), shortwave

       3 (2001)

      Radios:

       357,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       6 low-power stations (2001)

      Televisions:

       85,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .gn

      Internet hosts:

       380 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       4 (2001)

      Internet users:

       40,000 (2003)

      Transportation Guinea

      Railways:

       total: 837 km

       standard gauge: 175 km 1.435-m gauge

       narrow gauge: 662 km 1.000-m gauge (2004)

      Highways:

       total: 30,500 km

       paved: 5,033 km

       unpaved: 25,467 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       1,295 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Kamsar

      Airports:

       16 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 5

       over 3,047 m: 1

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 11

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 6

       914 to 1,523 m: 3

       under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)

      Military Guinea

      Military branches:

       Army (includes Presidential Guard, Republican Guard), Navy, Air

       Force, National Gendarmerie, General Directorate of National Police

      Military service age and obligation:

       18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service

       obligation - 2 years (2004)

      Manpower available for military service:

       males age 18–49: 1,853,316 (2005 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

       males age 18–49: 1,038,036 (2005 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $56.7 million (2004)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       1.7% (2004)

      Transnational Issues Guinea

      Disputes - international:

       conflicts among rebel groups, warlords, and youth gangs in

       neighboring states has spilled over into Guinea, resulting in

       domestic instability; Sierra Leone pressures Guinea to remove its

       forces from the town of Yenga occupied since 1998

      Refugees and internally displaced persons:

       refugees (country of origin): 133,175 (Liberia) 13,633 (Sierra

       Leone) 7,064 (Cote d'Ivoire)

       IDPs: 100,000 (cross-border incursions from Liberia, Sierra Leone,

       Cote d'Ivoire) (2004)

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      @Guinea-Bissau

      Introduction Guinea-Bissau

      Background:

       Since independence from Portugal in 1974, Guinea-Bissau has

       experienced considerable upheaval. The founding government consisted

       of a single party system and command economy. In 1980, a military

       coup established Joao VIEIRA as president and a path to a market

       economy and multiparty system was implemented. A number of coup

       attempts through the 1980s and early 1990s failed to unseat him and