periodic flooding on plateau; desertification Note: controls Bab el Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz (17% of world's oil production and refining Agriculture: accounts for 26% of GDP, including petroleum Electricity: 28,554,000 kW capacity; 22,010 million kWh produced, 75 kWh per capita (1992) Industries: crude oil 161 km; natural gas 89 km Ports: Asuncion, Villeta, Ciudad del Este Merchant marine: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 350,916 GRT/530,855 DWT; includes 5 cargo, 2 passenger-cargo, 88 cargo, 3 container, 43 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 14 container, 3 oil tanker, 1 refrigerated cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 21 container, 69 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 refrigerated cargo Airports: total: 270 usable: 238 with permanent-surface runways: 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1 Telecommunications: broadcast stations - 3 AM, no FM, no TV sets; broadcast stations - 77 AM, no FM, 4 TV *Saint
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