_#_Exchange rates: new Israeli shekels (NIS) per US$1—2.35 (May 1991), 2.0161 (1990), 1.9164 (1989), 1.5989 (1988), 1.5946 (1987), 1.4878 (1986), 1.1788 (1985); Jordanian dinars (JD) per US$1—0.6670 (January 1991), 0.6636 (1990), 0.5704 (1989), 0.3709 (1988), 0.3387 (1987), 0.3499 (1986), 0.3940 (1985)
_#_Fiscal year: previously 1 April-31 March; FY91 will be 1 April-31 December and starting 1 January 1992 the fiscal year will conform to the calendar year
_*Communications #_Highways: small indigenous road network, Israelis developing east-west axial highways
_#_Airports: 2 total, 2 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 2,439 m; 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: open-wire telephone system currently being upgraded; stations—no AM, no FM, no TV
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: NA
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 257,740; NA fit for military service
_#Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP % @Western Sahara *Geography #_Total area: 266,000 km2; land area: 266,000 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Colorado
_#_Land boundaries: 2,046 km total; Algeria 42 km, Mauritania 1,561 km, Morocco 443 km