BENIN (Continued)
Highways: 3,303 km total; 705 km paved, 2,598 km improved earth
Inland waterways: small sections, only important locally
Ports: 1 major (Cotonou), 1 minor
Civil air: 3 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 9 total, 9 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: fair system of open wire and radio relay; 16,200 telephones (0.5 per 100 pop].); 2 AM stations, 1 FM station, and 1 TV station
DEFENSE FORCES
Military manpower: eligible 15-49, 1,579,000; of the 778,000 males 15-49, 393,000 are fit for military service; about 37,000 males and 38,000 females reach military age (18) annually; both sexes are liable for military service
BERMUDA
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LAND
54.4 km2; 8% arable, 60% forested, 21% built on, wasteland, and other, 11% leased for air and naval bases
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 nm (fishing 200 nm)
Coastline: 103 km
PEOPLE
Population: 72,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 2.6%
Nationality: noun—Bermudian(s); adjective—Bermudian
Ethnic divisions: approximately 61% black, 39% white
Religion: 37% Church of England, 19% other Protestant, 14% Catholic, 30% other
Language: English
Literacy: 98%
Labor force: 29,669 employed (1980)
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Bermuda
Type: British colony
Capital: Hamilton
Political subdivisions: 9 parishes
Legal system: English law
Branches: Executive Council (cabinet) appointed by governor, led by government leader; bicameral legislature with an appointed Legislative Council and a 40-member directly elected House of Assembly; Supreme Court
Government leaders: Governor Sir Richard POSNETT; Premier John William David SWAN
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: at least once every five years; last general election, December 1980
