Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 18

Televisions: 340,000 (1993 est.)

Defense ———-

Branches: Civil Guard, Coast Guard, Air Section, Rural Assistance
Guard; note - the Constitution prohibits armed forces

Manpower availability: males age 15-49: 917,566 males fit for military service: 616,420 males reach military age (18) annually: 33,504 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $55 million, 2.0% of GDP (1995)

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@Cote d'Ivoire ——————-

(also known as Ivory Coast)