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8 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 24 914 to 1,523 m: 40 under 914 m: 117 (2007) Heliports: 1 (2007) Pipelines: gas 1,181 km; gas/liquid petroleum gas 61 km; liquid natural gas 106 km; liquid petroleum gas 517 km; oil 1,749 km; refined products 13 km (2007) Railways: total: 1,989 km standard gauge: 1,726 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 263 km 0.914-m gauge (2006) Roadways: total: 78,829 km paved: 11,351 km (includes 276 km of expressways) unpaved: 67,478 km (2004) Waterways: 8,808 km note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lago Titicaca (2007) Merchant marine: total: 8 by type: cargo 3, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 4 foreign-owned: 1 (Bahamas 1) registered in other countries: 17 (Belize 1, Panama 16) (2008) Ports and terminals: Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Paita, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note - Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries Military Peru Military branches: Army of Peru (Ejercito Peruano), Navy of Peru (Marina de Guerra del Peru, MGP (includes naval air, naval infantry, and Coast Guard)), Air Force of Peru (Fuerza Aerea del Peru, FAP) (2008) Military service age and obligation: 18-30 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; no conscription (2008) Manpower available for military service: males age 16-49: 7,653,898 females age 16-49: 7,531,329 (2008 est.) Manpower fit for military service: males age 16-49: 5,796,449 females age 16-49: 6,217,524 (2008 est.) Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually: male: 306,260 female: 296,819 (2008 est.) Military expenditures: 1.5% of GDP (2006) Transnational Issues Peru Disputes - international: Chile and Ecuador rejected Peru's November 2005 unilateral legislation to shift the axis of their joint treaty-defined maritime boundaries along the parallels of latitude to equidistance lines which favor Peru; organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia have penetrated Peru's shared border; Peru rejects Bolivia's claim to restore maritime access through a sovereign corridor through Chile along the Peruvian border Refugees and internally displaced persons: IDPs: 60,000-150,000 (civil war from 1980-2000; most IDPs are indigenous peasants in Andean and Amazonian regions) (2007) Illicit drugs: until 1996 the world's largest coca leaf
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