Asia, Europe External debt: $90 million (1991) Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: 25,000 kW capacity; 176 million kWh produced, 1,540 kWh per capita (1992) Industries: extractive industries includes coal, iron ore, gold, bauxite, phosphates Land use: arable land: 15% permanent crops: 2% meadows and pastures: 40% forest and woodland: 0% other: 100% (scattered bushes) Irrigated land: NA km2 Environment: vast wasteland Note: strategic location in western third Natural resources: phosphates, iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, phosphates, natural gas 440 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 60 km
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