ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $4.7 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $3.1 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-87), $13.5 billion Currency: 1 Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Map references: Africa Area: total area: 14 km2 land area: 718 km2 comparative area: slightly smaller than Washington State Land boundaries: total 360 km, UK 360 km (1992) Ports: coastal - Bordeaux, Boulogne, Brest, Cherbourg, Dunkerque, Fos-Sur-Mer, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Sete, Toulon; inland - Astrakhan', Nizhniy Novgorod (Gor'kiy), Kazan', Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Samara (Kuybyshev), Moscow, Rostov, Volgograd Merchant marine: 1 refrigerated cargo, 29 container, 15 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 121 vehicle carrier, 65 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 6 service vessel Airports: total: 42 usable: 42 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 2 Telecommunications: 32,578 telephones (1987); broadcast stations - 2 AM, no FM, 1 TV *British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands Independence: 1 January 1992), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNOSOM, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC Diplomatic representation in US: no
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