_#_Fiscal year: calendar year
_*Communications #_Highways: Male has 9.6 km of coral highways within the city
_#_Ports: Male, Gan
_#_Merchant marine: 17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 53,131 GRT/85,770 DWT; includes 14 cargo, 1 container, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 bulk
_#_Civil air: 1 major transport aircraft
_#_Airports: 2 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m
_#_Telecommunications: minimal domestic and international facilities; 2,804 telephones; stations—2 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV; 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth station
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: National Security Service (paramilitary police force)
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 50,788; 28,378 fit for military service
_#Defense expenditures: $1.8 million, NA% of GDP (1984 est.) % @Mali *Geography #_Total area: 1,240,000 km2; land area: 1,220,000 km2