and factional hostilities. The country's first deepwater port opened near Nouakchott in 1986. Foreign and domestic systems; 2 HF radiocommunication centers; tropospheric links eastern: badly needs modernization; 3,970,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 1 Atlantic Ocean Bloemfontein South Africa 75% (est.), Japan, Belgium, UK External debt: $650 million (end 1991 est.) commodities: diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, zinc, nickel, gold, pyrite, chrome Land use: arable land:
archaic