der 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 584
1,524 to 2,437 m: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 300
under 914 m: 250 (2004 est.)

Military South Africa

Military branches:
South African National Defense Force: Army, Navy, Air Force, and
Medical Services

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service (October 2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 11,924,500 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 7,247,696 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 471,221 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$2,653.4 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.7% (2003)

Military - note:
with the end of apartheid and the establishment of majority rule,
former military, black homelands forces, and ex-opposition forces
were integrated into the South African National Defense Force
(SANDF); as of 2003 the integration process was considered complete

Transnational Issues South Africa

Disputes - international:
managed dispute with Namibia over the location of the boundary in
the Orange River

Illicit drugs:
transshipment center for heroin, hashish, marijuana, and cocaine;
cocaine consumption on the rise; world's largest market for illicit
methaqualone, usually imported illegally from India through various
east African countries; illicit cultivation of marijuana; attractive
venue for money launderers given the increasing level of organized
criminal and narcotics activity in the region

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@Southern Ocean

Introduction Southern Ocean

Background:
A decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the
spring of 2000 delimited a fifth world ocean - the Southern Ocean -
from the southern portions of the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and
Pacific Ocean. The Southern Ocean extends from the coast of
Antarctica north to 60 degrees south latitude, which coincides with
the Antarctic Treaty Limit. The Southern Ocean is now the fourth
largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean,
Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean, but larger than the Arctic Ocean).

Geography Southern Ocean

Location:
body of water between 60 degrees so