MALTA (Continued)
COMMUNICATIONS
Highways: 1,285 km total; 1,173 km paved (asphalt), 77 km crushed stone or gravel, 35 km improved and unimproved earth
Ports: 1 major (Valletta), 2 minor
Civil air: 8 major transport aircraft, including 3 leased in
Airfields: 1 with permanent-surface runways, 2,440-3,659 m
Telecommunications: modern automatic telecom system centered in Valletta; 78,900 telephones (25.3 per 100 popl.); TV, 2 AM, and 5 FM stations; 1 coaxial submarine cable
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, 80,000; 66,000 fit for military service
Supply: various facilities and equipment turned over by the UK in 1965; has received 2 patrol boats, small arms, and mortars from Libya; vehicles and engineer equipment from Italy
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1982, $13.5 million; about 2.4% of central government budget
MARTINIQUE
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LAND
1,100 km2 ; 31% cropland, 16% pasture, 29% forest, 24% wasteland, built on
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 nm (fishing 200 nm; exclusive economic zone 200 nm)
Coastline: 290 km
PEOPLE
Population: 302,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate -0.8%
Nationality: noun—Martiniquais (sing, and pl.); adjective—Martiniquais
Ethnic divisions: 90% African and African-Caucasian—Indian mixture, less than 5% East Indian, Lebanese, and Chinese, 5% Caucasian
Religion: 95% Roman Catholic, 5% Hindu and pagan African
Language: French, Creole patois
Literacy: over 70%
Labor force: 100,000; 23% agriculture, 20% public services, 11% construction and public works, 10% commerce and banking, 10% services, 9% industry, 17% other
Organized labor: 11% of labor force
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Department of Martinique
Type: overseas department of France; represented by three deputies in the French National Assembly and two senators in the Senate
Capital: Fort-de-France
Political subdivisions: 2 arrondissements; 34 communes, each with a locally elected municipal council
Legal system: French legal system; highest court is a court of appeal based in Martinique with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique
