The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

est.)

       Industrial production:

       real growth rate 5.1% (1986); accounts for about 10% of GDP

       Electricity:

       55,000 kW capacity; 105 million kWh produced, 20 kWh per capita (1991)

       Industries:

       light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imports;

       public works construction; food processing

       Agriculture:

       accounts for 60% of GDP; 90% of population dependent on subsistence farming;

       marginally self-sufficient in food production; cash crops - coffee, cotton,

       tea; food crops - corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas, manioc; livestock

       - meat, milk, hides, and skins

       Economic aid:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $71 million; Western (non-US)

       countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $10.2 billion; OPEC

       bilateral aid (1979-89), $32 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $175

       million

       Currency:

       Burundi franc (plural - francs); 1 Burundi franc (FBu) = 100 centimes

       Exchange rates:

       Burundi francs (FBu) per US$1 - 193.72 (January 1992), 181.51 (1991), 171.26

       (1990), 158.67 (1989), 140.40 (1988), 123. 56 (1987)

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      :Burundi Communications

      Highways:

       5,900 km total; 400 km paved, 2,500 km gravel or laterite, 3,000 km improved

       or unimproved earth

       Inland waterways:

       Lake Tanganyika

       Ports:

       Bujumbura (lake port) connects to transportation systems of Tanzania and

       Zaire

       Civil air:

       no major transport aircraft

       Airports:

       6 total, 6 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over

       3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; none with runways 1,220 to 2,439 m

       Telecommunications:

       sparse system of wire, radiocommunications, and low-capacity radio relay

       links; 8,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 2 AM, 2 FM, 1 TV; 1 Indian

       Ocean INTELSAT earth station

      :Burundi Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Army (includes naval and air units); paramilitary Gendarmerie

       Manpower availability:

       males 15-49, 1,306,611; 681,050 fit for military service; 59,676 reach

       military age (16) annually

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $28 million, 3.7% of GDP (1989)

      :Cambodia Geography

      Total area:

       181,040 km2

       Land area:

       176,520 km2

       Comparative area:

       slightly smaller than Oklahoma

       Land boundaries:

       2,572 km; Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km

       Coastline:

       443 km

       Maritime claims:

       Contiguous zone:

       24 nm

       Continental shelf:

       200 nm

       Exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       Disputes:

       offshore islands and three sections of the boundary with Vietnam are in

       dispute; maritime boundary with Vietnam not defined

       Climate:

       tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to October); dry season (December to

       March); little seasonal temperature variation

       Terrain:

       mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and north

       Natural resources:

       timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower

       potential

       Land use:

       arable land 16%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures 3%; forest and

       woodland 76%; other 4%; includes irrigated 1%

       Environment:

       a land of paddies and forests dominated by Mekong River and Tonle Sap

       Note:

       buffer between Thailand and Vietnam

      :Cambodia People

      Population:

       7,295,706 (July 1992), growth rate 2.1% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       37 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       15 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       121 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       48 years male, 51 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       4.4 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Cambodian(s); adjective - Cambodian

       Ethnic divisions:

       Khmer 90%, Chinese 5%, other 5%

       Religions:

       Theravada Buddhism 95%, other 5%

       Languages:

       Khmer (official), French

       Literacy:

       35% (male 48%, female 22%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

       Labor force:

       2.5-3.0 million; agriculture 80% (1988 est.)

       Organized labor:

       Kampuchea Federation of Trade Unions (FSC); under government control

      :Cambodia Government

      Long-form name:

       none

       Type:

       currently administered by the Supreme National Council (SNC), a body set up

       under United Nations' auspices, in preparation for an internationally

       supervised election in 1993 and including representatives from each of the

       country's four political factions

       Capital:

       Phnom Penh

       Administrative divisions:

       19 provinces (khet, singular and plural) and 2 autonomous cities* Banteay

       Meanchey, Batdambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Saom City*,