rg, Fredericia, Frederikshavn, Graasten, Kalundborg, Odense,
Roenne

Merchant marine:
total: 287 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,952,473 GRT/9,030,444 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 67, chemical tanker 40, container 79,
liquefied gas 10, livestock carrier 2, passenger 1, passenger/cargo
42, petroleum tanker 25, refrigerated cargo 7, roll on/roll off 8,
specialized tanker 4
foreign-owned: 23 (Bahamas 14, France 1, Greece 1, Greenland 1,
Norway 2, Sweden 2, UAE 1, Vietnam 1)
registered in other countries: 487 (2005)

Airports:
97 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 28
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 3 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 69
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 63 (2004 est.)

Military Denmark

Military branches:
Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Home
Guard (Hjemmevaernet)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory and volunteer military service;
conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12
months according to specialization; reservists are assigned to
mobilization units following completion of their conscript service
(2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,175,108 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 955,168 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 31,317 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$3,271.6 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.5% (2004)

Transnational Issues Denmark

Disputes - international:
Iceland disputes the Faroe Islands' fisheries median line; Iceland,
the UK, and Ireland dispute Denmark's claim that the Faroe Islands'
continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm; Faroese continue to study
proposals for full independence; uncontested sovereignty dispute
with Canada over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between
Ellesmere Island and Greenland

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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Introduction Dhekelia

Background:
By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the
independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and
jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 squ