multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 13, passenger/cargo
1, petroleum tanker 74, refrigerated cargo 4, roll on/roll off 62,
short-sea/passenger 31, specialized tanker 11, vehicle carrier 23

Airports:
134 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 96
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 32
914 to 1,523 m: 30
under 914 m: 12 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 38
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 18
under 914 m: 18 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
4 (2003 est.)

Military Italy

Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI),
Carabinieri

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age (2004 est.)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 14,408,392 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 12,279,516 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 285,601 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$28,182.8 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.9% (2003)

Transnational Issues Italy

Disputes - international:
none

Illicit drugs:
important gateway for and consumer of Latin American cocaine and
Southwest Asian heroin entering the European market; money
laundering by organized crime and from smuggling

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@Jamaica

Introduction Jamaica

Background:
Jamaica gained full independence within the British Commonwealth in
1962. Deteriorating economic conditions during the 1970s led to
recurrent violence and a drop off in tourism. Elections in 1980 saw
the democratic socialists voted out of office. Political violence
marred elections during the 1990s.

Geography Jamaica

Location:
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba

Geographic coordinates:
18 15 N, 77 30 W

Map references:
Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total: 10,991 sq km
land: 10,831 sq km
water: 160 sq km

Area - comparative:
slightly smaller than Connecticut

Land boundaries:
0 km

Coastline:
1,022 km

Maritime claims:
measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin
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