The Project Gutenberg Edition of THE WORLD FACTBOOK 1992: January 1, 1993 This edition, as are all Project Gutenberg Editions, is Plain Vanilla ASCII, meaning there are no characters other than what you would see on paper, thus no page returns, no markup, nothing but the characters you would type if you were to copy this from a book on a typewriter. Repetitive paged headers and trailing spaces are not present. Leading spaces have been preserved in fact sections for readability. Mail subject headers can be searched with leading :'s. . .such as: :Afghanistan Geography :Afghanistan People :Afghanistan Government :Afghanistan Government :Afghanistan Economy :Afghanistan Economy :Afghanistan Communications :Afghanistan Defense Forces To find the beginning of any country, search for :country To find internal information, search for :country section, as above. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 October 1991 THE WORLD FACTBOOK 1991 The World Factbook is produced annually by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of United States Government officials, and the style, format, coverage, and content are designed to meet their specific requirements. Information was provided by the Bureau of the Census, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Nuclear Agency, Department of State, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Maritime Administration, National Science Foundation (Polar Information Program), Navy Operational Intelligence Center, Office of Territorial and International Affairs, United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Coast Guard, and others. Comments and queries are welcome and may be addressed to: Central Intelligence Agency Attn: Public Affairs Washington, DC 20505 (703) 351-2053 ************************************************************************* US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organizations or through liaison channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. This publication is also available in microfiche, magnetic tape, or diskettes for microcomputers. This publication may be purchased by telephone (VISA or MasterCard) or mail from: Superintendent of Documents US Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20402-9325 Tel: (202) 783-3238 A subscription to this publication may be purchased from: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 Tel: (703) 487-4630 or: Document Expediting (DOCEX) Project Exchange and Gift Division Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540 Tel: (202) 707-9527 This publication may be purchased in photocopy, microfiche, magnetic tape, or diskettes for microcomputers from: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 Tel: (703) 487-4650 This publication may be purchased in photocopy or microform from: Photoduplication Service Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540 Tel: (202) 707-5640