_*Communications #_Highways: 260 km total; 160 km bituminous, 100 km crushed stone or earth
_#_Ports: Victoria
_#_Merchant marine: 1 refrigerated cargo (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,827 GRT/2,170 DWT
_#_Civil air: 3 major transport aircraft
_#_Airports: 14 total, 14 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; none with runways 1,220-2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: direct radio communications with adjacent islands and African coastal countries; 13,000 telephones; stations—2 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth station; USAF tracking station
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential Protection Unit, Police Force, Militia
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 17,399; 8,933 fit for military service
_#Defense expenditures: $12 million, 6% of GDP (1990 est.) % @Sierra Leone *Geography #_Total area: 71,740 km2; land area: 71,620 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than South Carolina