17,911,000 kWproduction:
51.305 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
1,559 kWh (1992)
Industries:
food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles,
chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel
Agriculture:
accounts for 8% of GDP (including fishing); produces abundant food for
both domestic consumption and exports; among world's top five
exporters of grain and beef; principal crops - wheat, corn, sorghum,
soybeans, sugar beets
Illicit drugs:
increasing use as a transshipment country for cocaine headed for the
US and Europe
Economic aid:
recipient:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70–89), $1 billion; Western
(non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970–89), $4.4
billion; Communist countries (1970–89), $718 million
Currency:
1 nuevo peso argentino = 100 centavos
Exchange rates:
pesos per US$1 - 0.99850 (January 1994), 0.99895 (1993), 0.99064
(1992), 0.95355 (1991), 0.48759 (1990), 0.04233 (1989)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
@Argentina, Communications
Railroads:
34,172 km total (includes 209 km electrified); includes a mixture of
1.435-meter standard gauge, 1.676-meter broad gauge, 1.000-meter
narrow gauge, and 0.750-meter narrow gauge
Highways:
total:
208,350 km
paved:
57,000 km
unpaved:
gravel 39,500 km; improved/unimproved earth 111,850 km
Inland waterways:
11,000 km navigable
Pipelines:
crude oil 4,090 km; petroleum products 2,900 km; natural gas 9,918 km
Ports:
Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, La Plata, Rosario,
Santa Fe
Merchant marine:
57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 656,289 GRT/1,008,792 DWT, bulk
3, cargo 29, container 4, oil tanker 14, railcar carrier 1,
refrigerated cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1
Airports:
total:
1,649
usable:
1,394
with permanent-surface runways:
139
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440–3,659 m:
31
with runways 1,220–2,439 m:
332
Telecommunications:
extensive modern system but many families do not have telephones;
2,650,000 telephones (12,000 public telephones); telephone density 78
per 1000 persons; microwave widely used; broadcast stations - 171 AM,
no FM, 231 TV, 13 shortwave; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations;
domestic satellite network has 40 earth stations
@Argentina, Defense Forces
Branches:
Argentine Army, Navy of the Argentine Republic, Argentine Air Force,
National Gendarmerie, Argentine Naval Prefecture (Coast Guard only),
National Aeronautical Police Force
Manpower availability:
males age 15–49 8,417,880; fit for military service 6,825,795; reach
military age (20) annually 292,725 (1994 est.)
Defense expenditures:
$NA, NA% of GDP
@Armenia, Geography
Location:
Southwestern Asia, between Turkey and Azerbaijan
Map references:
Africa, Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States - European States,
Middle East, Standard Time Zones of the World
Area:
total area:
29,800 sq km
land area:
28,400 sq km
comparative area:
slightly larger than Maryland
Land boundaries:
total 1,254 km, Azerbaijan (east) 566 km, Azerbaijan (south) 221 km,
Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims:
none; landlocked
International disputes:
violent and longstanding dispute with
