over 3,659 m: 3 Telecommunications: generally adequate facilities; extensive interisland microwave radio relay links; broadcast stations - 190 AM, 406 (134 repeaters) FM, 83 (1,000 repeaters) TV; communications satellite earth stations - 12 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 3 Indian Ocean *Maldives, People Population: 68,464,368 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 2% (1987) Budget: revenues $33.8 million; expenditures $957 million, including capital expenditures of $NA Exports: $236 million (f.o.b., 1988 est.) commodities: machinery and equipment, foods, fertilizers, wood products, shipbuilding Agriculture: accounts for 18% of GDP Electricity: 40,000 kW capacity; 22,010 million kWh produced, 16,300 kWh per capita (1991) Industries: petroleum; mining diamonds, iron
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