887 km other urban roads (1985)
Inland waterways:
3,997 km navigable rivers and canals (1989)
Pipelines:
natural gas 4,500 km, crude oil 1,986 km, petroleum products 360 km (1987)
Ports:
Gdansk, Gdynia, Szczecin, Swinoujscie; principal inland ports are Gliwice on
Kana Gliwice, Wrocaw on the Oder, and Warsaw on the Vistula
Merchant marine:
222 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,851,016 GRT/4,019,531 DWT; includes
5 short-sea passenger, 79 cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 14 roll-on/roll-off
cargo, 12 container, 1 petroleum tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 102 bulk, 1
passenger; Poland owns 1 ship of 6,333 DWT operating under Liberian registry
Civil air:
48 major transport aircraft
Airports:
160 total, 160 usable; 85 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway over
3,659 m; 35 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 65 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
severely underdeveloped and outmoded system; cable, open wire and microwave;
phone density is 10.5 phones per 100 residents (October 1990); 3.1 million
subscribers; exchanges are 86% automatic (February 1990); broadcast stations
- 27 AM, 27 FM, 40 (5 Soviet repeaters) TV; 9.6 million TVs; 1 satellite
earth station using INTELSAT, EUTELSAT, INMARSAT and Intersputnik
:Poland Defense Forces
Branches:
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 9,785,823; 7,696,425 fit for military service; 294,191 reach
military age (19) annually
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - 19.2 trillion zotych, NA% of GDP (1991); note -
conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current
exchange rate could produce misleading results
:Portugal Geography
Total area:
92,080 km2
Land area:
91,640 km2; includes Azores and Madeira Islands
Comparative area:
slightly smaller than Indiana
Land boundaries:
1,214 km; Spain 1,214 km
Coastline:
1,793 km
Maritime claims:
Continental shelf:
200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
Exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
Territorial sea:
12 nm
Disputes:
sovereignty over Timor Timur (East Timor Province) disputed with Indonesia
Climate:
maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south
Terrain:
mountainous north of the Tagus, rolling plains in south
Natural resources:
fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble
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