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own 58, Latvia also has 5 ships, Yugoslavia

       owns 1, and Romania 3

       Civil air:

       11 major transport aircraft (Greek Cypriots); 2 (Turkish Cypriots)

       Airports:

       14 total, 14 usable; 12 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways

       over 3,659 m; 7 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

       Telecommunications:

       excellent in both the area controlled by the Cypriot Government (Greek

       area), and in the Turkish-Cypriot administered area; 210,000 telephones;

       largely open-wire and radio relay; broadcast stations - 11 AM, 8 FM, 1 (34

       repeaters) TV in Greek sector and 2 AM, 6 FM and 1 TV in Turkish sector;

       international service by tropospheric scatter, 3 submarine cables, and

       satellite earth stations - 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Indian Ocean

       INTELSAT and EUTELSAT earth stations

      :Cyprus Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Greek area - Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG; including air and naval

       elements), Greek Cypriot Police; Turkish area - Turkish Cypriot Security

       Force

       Manpower availability:

       males 15-49, 183,899; 126,664 fit for military service; 5,030 reach military

       age (18) annually

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $209 million, 5% of GDP (1990 est.)

      :Czechoslovakia Geography

      Total area:

       127,870 km2

       Land area:

       125,460 km2

       Comparative area:

       slightly larger than New York State

       Land boundaries:

       3,438 km; Austria 548 km, Germany 815 km, Hungary 676 km, Poland 1,309 km,

       Ukraine 90 km

       Coastline:

       none - landlocked

       Maritime claims:

       none - landlocked

       Disputes:

       Gabcikovo Nagymaros Dam dispute with Hungary

       Climate:

       temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters

       Terrain:

       mixture of hills and mountains separated by plains and basins

       Natural resources:

       hard coal, timber, lignite, uranium, magnesite, iron ore, copper, zinc

       Land use:

       arable land 37%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures 13%; forest and

       woodland 36%; other 13%; includes irrigated 1%

       Environment:

       infrequent earthquakes; acid rain; water pollution; air pollution

       Note:

       landlocked; strategically located astride some of oldest and most

       significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is a traditional military

       corridor between the North European Plain and the Danube in central Europe

      :Czechoslovakia People

      Population:

       15,725,680 (July 1992), growth rate 0.2% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       13 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       11 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       11 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       68 years male, 76 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       1.9 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Czechoslovak(s); adjective - Czechoslovak

       Ethnic divisions:

       Czech 62.9%, Slovak 31.8%, Hungarian 3.8%, Polish 0.5%, German 0.3%,

       Ukrainian 0.3%, Russian 0.1%, other 0.3%

       Religions:

       Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Orthodox 2%, other 28%

       Languages:

       Czech and Slovak (official), Hungarian

       Literacy:

       99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)

       Labor force:

       8,200,000 (1987); industry 36.9%, agriculture 12.3%, construction,

       communications, and other 50.8% (1982)

       Organized labor:

       Czech and Slovak Confederation of Trade Unions (CSKOS); several new

       independent trade unions established

      :Czechoslovakia Government

      Long-form name:

       Czech and Slovak Federal Republic

       Type:

       federal republic in transition

       Capital:

       Prague

       Administrative divisions:

       2 republics (republiky, singular - republika); Czech Republic (Ceska

       Republika), Slovak Republic (Slovenska Republika); note - 11 regions (kraj,

       singular); Severocesky, Zapadocesky, Jihocesky, Vychodocesky, Praha,

       Severomoravsky, Jihomoravsky, Bratislava, Zapadoslovensky, Stredoslovensky,

       Vychodoslovensky

       Independence:

       28 October 1918 (from Austro-Hungarian Empire)

       Constitution:

       11 July 1960; amended in 1968 and 1970; new Czech, Slovak, and federal

       constitutions to be drafted in 1992

       Legal system:

       civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes, modified by Communist

       legal theory; constitutional court currently being established; has not

       accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal code in process of modification

       to bring it in line with Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe

       (CSCE) obligations and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal theory

       National holiday:

       National Liberation Day, 9 May (1945) and Founding of the Republic, 28

       October (1918)

       Executive branch:

       president, prime minister, Cabinet

       Legislative branch:

       bicameral Federal Assembly (Federalni Shromazdeni) consists of an upper

       house or Chamber of Nations (Snemovna Narodu) and a lower house or Chamber

       of the People (Snemovna Lidu)

       Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court

       Leaders: