Internet users: 400,000 (2001)

Saudi Arabia Transportation

Railways: total: 1,390 km

standard gauge: 1,390 km 1.435-m gauge (448 km double track) (1992)

Highways: total: 146,524 km

paved: 44,104 km

unpaved: 102,420 km (1997 est.)

Waterways: none

Pipelines: crude oil 6,400 km; petroleum products 150 km; natural
gas 2,200 km (includes natural gas liquids 1,600 km)

Ports and harbors: Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Duba, Jiddah, Jizan,
Rabigh, Ra's al Khafji, Mishab, Ras Tanura, Yanbu' al Bahr, Madinat
Yanbu' al Sinaiyah

Merchant marine: total: 71 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
1,154,619 GRT/1,533,732 DWT

ships by type: cargo 11, chemical tanker 8, container 5, liquefied
gas 1, livestock carrier 3, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 18,
refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 13, short-sea passenger 8
(2000 est.)

Airports: 206 (2000 est.)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 70

over 3,047 m: 31

2,438 to 3,047 m: 11

1,524 to 2,437 m: 23

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 2 (2000 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 136

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5

1,524 to 2,437 m: 77

914 to 1,523 m: 39

under 914 m: 15 (2000 est.)

Heliports: 5 (2000 est.)

Saudi Arabia Military

Military branches: Land Force (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense
Force, National Guard, Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary)

Military manpower - military age: 17 years of age

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 5,894,691 (2001
est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49:
3,291,185 (2001 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 233,402
(2001 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $18.3 billion (FY00)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 13% (FY00)

Saudi Arabia Transnational Issues

Disputes - international: a final border resolution was agreed to
with Qatar in March of 2001; location and status of boundary with
UAE is not final, de facto boundary reflects a 1974 agreement; a
June 2000 treaty delimited the boundary with Yemen, but final
demarcation requires adjustments based on tribal considerations

Illicit drugs: death penalty for traffickers; increasing consumption
of heroin and cocaine

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Senegal Introduction

Background: Independent from France in 1960, Senegal joined with The
Gambia