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levisions: 450,000 (1997) Internet country code: .cm Internet hosts: 69 (2008) Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2002) Internet users: 370,000 (2006) Transportation Cameroon Airports: 45 (2007) Airports - with paved runways: total: 11 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2007) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 34 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 20 under 914 m: 8 (2007) Pipelines: gas 27 km; liquid petroleum gas 5 km; oil 1,110 km (2007) Railways: total: 987 km narrow gauge: 987 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) Roadways: total: 50,000 km paved: 5,000 km unpaved: 45,000 km (2004) Waterways: navigation mainly on Benue River; limited during rainy season (2005) Ports and terminals: Douala, Limboh Terminal Military Cameroon Military branches: Cameroon Armed Forces: Army, Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC) (2008) Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; the government makes periodic calls for volunteers (2006) Manpower available for military service: males age 16-49: 4,321,175 females age 16-49: 4,228,625 (2008 est.) Manpower fit for military service: males age 16-49: 2,567,428 females age 16-49: 2,498,990 (2008 est.) Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually: male: 212,205 female: 207,545 (2008 est.) Military expenditures: 1.3% of GDP (2006) Transnational Issues Cameroon Disputes - international: Joint Border Commission with Nigeria reviewed 2002 ICJ ruling on the entire boundary and bilaterally resolved differences, including June 2006 Greentree Agreement that immediately ceded sovereignty of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon with a full phase-out of Nigerian control and patriation of residents in 2008; Cameroon and Nigeria agree on maritime delimitation in March 2008; sovereignty dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty, which also includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 20,000-30,000 (Chad); 3,000 (Nigeria); 24,000 (Central African Repub
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