NAMIBIA (Continued)
Fishing: catch fell 31% to 277,000 metric tons (1980), processed mostly in South African enclave of Walvis Bay
Major industries: meatpacking, fish processing, copper, lead, diamond, and uranium mining, dairy products
Electric power: 540,000 kW capacity (1980); 1.3 billion kWh produced (1980), 1,251 kWh per capita
Aid: South Africa is only donor
Monetary conversion rate: 1 South African Rand = US$1.15 (as of March 1978); 0.87 SA Rand = US$1
Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: 2,340 km 1.067-meter gauge, single track
Highways: 54,500 km; 4,079 km paved, 2,540 gravel, remainder earth roads and tracks
Ports: 2 major (Walvis Bay and Luderitz)
Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 128 total, 102 usable; 17 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 42 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: good urban, fair rural services; radio relay connects major towns, wires extend to other population centers; 50,300 telephones (5.2 per 100 popl.); 11 FM, no TV stations; AM and TV stations under construction
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: males 15-49, about 239,000; about 141,000 fit for military service
Defense is responsibility of Republic of South Africa; however, a Southwest African Territory Force was established 1 August 1980
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 March 1982, $63.1; 6.7% of central government budget
NAURU
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LAND
21.2 km2; insignificant arable land, no urban areas, extensive phosphate mines
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 nm (fishing 200 nm; exclusive economic zone 200 nm)
Coastline: 24 km
PEOPLE
Population: 9,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 1.7%
Nationality: noun—Nauruan(s); adjective—Nauruan
Ethnic divisions: 58% Nauruans, 26% other Pacific Islanders, 8% Chinese, 8% Europeans
Religion: Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Catholic)
Language: Nauruan, a distinct Pacific Island tongue; English, the language of school instruction, spoken and understood by nearly all
Literacy: nearly universal
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Republic of Nauru
Type: republic; independent since January 1968
Capital: no capital city per se; government offices in Yaren District
Political subdivisions: 14 districts
Branches: president elected from and by Parliament for an unfixed term; popularly elected 18-member unicameral legislature, the Parliament; Cabinet to assist the President, four members, appointed by President from Parliament members
Government leader: President Hammer DEROBURT
Suffrage: universal adult
Elections: last held in December 1980
Political parties and leaders: governing faction, President DeRoburt; opposition Nauru Party, Lagumot Harris
