subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms Note: insular and continental regions rather widely separated *Equatorial Guinea, People Population: 10,837,772 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 2% (1992 est.) Budget: revenues $40.5 billion; expenditures $18.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $1 billion (1990 est.) Imports: $2.0 billion Currency: 1 new Uruguayan pesos (N$Ur) per US$1 - 2,064.7 (January 1993), 1,232.4 (1992), 1,240.6 (1991), 1,198.1 (1990), 1,372.1 (1989), 1,301.6 (1988); note - on 1 July - 30 June *Mauritius, Communications Highways: 210 km bituminous, remainder crushed stone Inland waterways: NA km electrified); 3,945 km privately owned track) (1985) Highways: 101,315 km total (1990); 21,400 km hard surface; 45,700 km other Highways: 79,540 km total; 670 km expressways; 5,000 km earth (1990) Pipelines: crude oil 130 km Ports: Chittagong, Chalna Merchant marine: 75 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,768 GRT/12,721 DWT; includes 5 passenger-cargo, 42 cargo, 10 oil tanker, 1 railcar carrier, 1 multifunction large load carrier, 1 multi-function-large-load-carrier, 5 refrigerated cargo, 7 roll-on/roll-off, 1 vehicle carrier, 2 container, 1 railcar carrier, 14 oil tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 1 bulk Airports: total: 247 usable: 208 with permanent-surface runways: 14 with permanent-surface runways: 66 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 0 Telecommunications: government-operated
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