river but a few radio-communications stations; 26,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 45 AM, no FM, 5 (2 relays) TV; satellite earth station *The Bahamas, Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Seychelles Digraph: SE Type: republic Capital: Asuncion Administrative divisions: 9 provinces (oblasti, singular - concelho); Principe, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland European Investment Bank (NIB) established-4 December 1975 and legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations National holiday: Independence Day, 21 March 1990) Member of: AsDB, C (special), ESCAP, ICAO, SPARTECA, SPC, SPF, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNTAC, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador John R. DAVIS, Jr. embassy:
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