• Cover Image

The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

... Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through lia... ... channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence Agency RTS-2C Was... ...40-3344 Tel: (202) 373-3869 or Autovon 243-3869 Requesters in the Department of State may obtain copies from: Department of State INR/IC/CD Room 8646 ... ...n 41 Canada 42 Cape Verde 44 Cayman Islands 45 Central African Republic -l(i Chad 47 Chile 49 China (Taiwan entry on page 274) 50 Christmas Island 52 ... ...sla- ture (National People's Assembly); judi- ciary Government leaders: Col. Chadli BENDJEDID, President (since February 1979); Abdelhamid BRAHIMI, Pr... ...ical parties and leaders: National Liberation Front (FLN), Secretary General Chadli Bendjedid Communists: 400 (est); Communist Party illegal (banned 1... ...nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, silver, fish, forests, wildlife Agriculture: livestock, grains (principally wheat), dairy produc... ...fect northern areas; poaching has diminished reputation as one of last great wildlife refuges; desertification Special notes: landlocked; almost the p... ...L% irrigated Environment: unique physiography sup- ports abundant and varied wildlife of immense scientific and economic value; deforestation; soil er...

Read More