Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat (1997)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:
338,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
4 (1997)

Televisions:
275,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.bh

Internet hosts:
1,334 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
195,700 (2003)

Transportation Bahrain

Highways:
total: 3,261 km
paved: 2,531 km
unpaved: 730 km (2000)

Pipelines:
gas 20 km; oil 53 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Manama, Mina' Salman, Sitrah

Merchant marine:
total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 219,083 GRT/312,638 DWT
registered in other countries: 2 (2004 est.)
foreign-owned: Hong Kong 1, Kuwait 1
by type: bulk 3, container 2, petroleum tanker 1

Airports:
4 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 3
over 3,047 m: 2
1524 to 2437 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
1 (2003 est.)

Military Bahrain

Military branches:
Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF): Ground Force (includes Air Defense),
Navy, Air Force, National Guard

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

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 221,661 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 121,484 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 6,396 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$618.1 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
7.5% (2003)

Transnational Issues Bahrain

Disputes - international:
none

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@Baker Island

Introduction Baker Island

Background:
The US took possession of the island in 1857, and its guano
deposits were mined by US and British companies during the second
half of the 19th century. In 1935, a short-lived attempt at
colonization was begun on this island - as well as on nearby Howland
Island - but was disrupted by World War II and thereafter abandoned.
Presently the island is a National Wildlife Refuge run by the US
Department of the Interior; a day beacon is situated near the middle
of the west coast.

Geography Baker Island

Location: