epeaters) (1997)

Televisions:
60,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.na

Internet hosts:
3,164 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)

Internet users:
65,000 (2003)

Transportation Namibia

Railways:
total: 2,382 km
narrow gauge: 2,382 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 66,467 km
paved: 9,172 km
unpaved: 57,285 km (2000)

Ports and harbors:
Luderitz, Walvis Bay

Merchant marine:
none (2004 est.)

Airports:
136 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 21
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 115
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 22
914 to 1,523 m: 71
under 914 m: 20 (2004 est.)

Military Namibia

Military branches:
Namibian Defense Force: Army (including Naval Wing, Air Wing),
Police

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 468,934 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 279,755 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$111.6 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.5% (2003)

Transnational Issues Namibia

Disputes - international:
commission established with Botswana to resolve small residual
disputes along the Caprivi Strip, including the Situngu marshlands
along the Linyanti River; Botswana residents protest Namibia's
planned construction of the Okavango hydroelectric dam on Popa
Falls; managed dispute with South Africa over the location of the
boundary in the Orange River; Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and
Zimbabwe boundary convergence is not clearly defined or delimited;
Angolan rebels and refugees still reside in Namibia

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@Nauru

Introduction Nauru

Background:
Nauru's phosphate deposits began to be mined early in the 20th
century by a German-British consortium; the island was occupied by
Australian forces in World War I. Nauru achieved independence in
1968 and joined the UN in 1999. Nauru is the world's smallest
independent republic.

Geography Nauru

Location:
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshal