Railways:
total: 1,810 km
broad gauge: 1,810 km 1.524-m gauge (2004)

Highways:
total: 49,256 km
paved: 8,874 km
unpaved: 40,376 km (2002)

Waterways:
580 km
note: only waterway in operation is Lake Khovsgol (135 km); Selenge
River (270 km) and Orkhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry
little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from May
to September (2004)

Merchant marine:
total: 65 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 339,423 GRT/533,853 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 54, liquefied gas 2, passenger/cargo
1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 38 (China 2, Lebanon 1, Philippines 1, Russia 10,
Singapore 10, South Korea 1, Syria 1, Thailand 1, Ukraine 1, UAE 4,
Vietnam 6) (2005)

Airports:
46 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 15
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 31
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 3 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
2 (2004 est.)

Military Mongolia

Military branches:
Mongolian Armed Forces: Mongolian People's Army (MPA), Mongolian
People's Air Force (MPAF) (2005)

Military service age and obligation:
18-25 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript
service obligation - 12 months (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 736,182 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 570,435 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 34,674 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$23.1 million (FY02)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.2% (FY02)

Transnational Issues Mongolia

Disputes - international:
none

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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@Montserrat

Introduction Montserrat

Background:
Much of this island was devastated and two-thirds of the population
fled abroad because of the eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano
that began on 18 July 1995. Montserrat has endured volcanic activity
since, with the last eruption occurring in July 2003.

Geography Montserrat

Location:
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico

Geographic coordinates:
16 45 N, 62 12 W

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