SCR

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Currency (code):

Seychelles rupee (SCR)

Currency code:

Exchange rates:

Seychelles rupees (SCR) per US dollar - 6.5 (2007), 5.5 (2006), 5.5 (2005), 5.5 (2004), 5.4007 (2003)

Communications
Seychelles

Telephones - main lines in use:

22,700 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

77,300 (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: effective system domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is nearly 125 telephones per 100 persons; radiotelephone communications between islands in the archipelago international: country code - 248; direct radiotelephone communications with adjacent island countries and African coastal countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 2 (2001)

Radios:

42,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

2 (plus 9 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

11,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.sc

Internet hosts:

284 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

32,000 (2007)

Transportation
Seychelles

Airports:

15 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 9 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 2 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 4 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 458 km paved: 440 km unpaved: 18 km (2003)

Merchant marine:

total: 8 by type: cargo 1, carrier 1, chemical tanker 6 foreign-owned: 3 (Hong Kong 1, Nigeria 1, South Africa 1) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Victoria

Military
Seychelles

Military branches:

Seychelles Defense Force: Army, Coast Guard (includes Naval Wing,
Air Wing), National Guard (2005)

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age for voluntary military service (younger with parental consent); no conscription (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 23,598 females age 16-49: 24,424 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 17,942 females age 16-49: 20,436 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 770 female: 750 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

2% of GDP (2006 est.)

Transnational Issues
Seychelles

Disputes - international:

together with Mauritius, Seychelles claims the Chagos Archipelago (UK-administered British Indian Ocean Territory)

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

@Sierra Leone

Introduction
Sierra Leone

Background:

Democracy is slowly being reestablished after the civil war from 1991 to 2002 that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (about one-third of the population). The military, which took over full responsibility for security following the departure of UN peacekeepers at the end of 2005, is increasingly developing as a guarantor of the country's stability. The armed forces remained on the sideline during the 2007 presidential election, but still look to the UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) - a civilian UN mission - to support efforts to consolidate peace. The new government's priorities include furthering development, creating jobs, and stamping out endemic corruption.

Geography
Sierra Leone

Location:

Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia

Geographic coordinates: