products 67 km; natural gas 350 km

Ports and harbors: Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Pattani, Phuket, Sattahip,
Si Racha, Songkhla

Merchant marine: total: 294 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
1,845,972 GRT/2,923,914 DWT

ships by type: bulk 36, cargo 133, chemical tanker 3, combination
bulk 1, container 14, liquefied gas 20, multi-functional large-load
carrier 3, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 61, refrigerated cargo 13,
roll on/roll off 2, short-sea passenger 2, specialized tanker 5
(2000 est.)

Airports: 110 (2000 est.)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 59

over 3,047 m: 6

2,438 to 3,047 m: 11

1,524 to 2,437 m: 21

914 to 1,523 m: 17

under 914 m: 4 (2000 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 51

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 16

under 914 m: 34 (2000 est.)

Heliports: 2 (2000 est.)

Thailand Military

Military branches: Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Navy (includes Royal
Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force, Paramilitary Forces

Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 17,717,268 (2001
est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49:
10,646,818 (2001 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 567,659
(2001 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $1.775 billion (FY00)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.4% (FY00)

Thailand Transnational Issues

Disputes - international: parts of the border with Laos are
indefinite; parts of border with Cambodia are indefinite; sporadic
border hostilities with Burma over border alignment and ethnic Shan
rebels operating in cross-border region

Illicit drugs: a minor producer of opium, heroin, and marijuana;
illicit transit point for heroin en route to the international drug
market from Burma and Laos; eradication efforts have reduced the
area of cannabis cultivation and shifted some production to
neighboring countries; opium poppy cultivation has been reduced by
eradication efforts; also a drug money-laundering center; minor role
in amphetamine production for regional consumption; increasing
indigenous abuse of methamphetamine

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@Togo

Togo Introduction

Background: French Togoland became Togo in 1960. General Gnassingbe
EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, is Africa's
longest-serving head of