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ithin boundaries of Kenya Pipelines: petroleum products 483 km Ports and harbors: Kisumu, Lamu, Mombasa Merchant marine: total : 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,883 GRT/6,255 DWT ships by type: oil tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1 (1996 est.) Airports: 200 (1996 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total : 92 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m : 22 under 914 m: 63 (1996 est.) Airports - with unpaved runways: total : 108 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 914 to 1,523 m: 95 (1996 est.) Military Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary General Service Unit of the Police Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49 : 6,903,241 (1997 est.) Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 4,266,063 (1997 est.) Military expenditures - dollar figure: $134 million (FY94/95) Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 3.9% (FY94/95) Transnational Issues Disputes - international: administrative boundary with Sudan does not coincide with international boundary Illicit drugs: widespread harvesting of small, wild plots of marijuana and qat (chat); transit country for South Asian heroin destined for Europe and, sometimes, North America; Indian methaqualone also transits on way to South Africa ______________________________________________________________________ KINGMAN REEF (territory of the US) @Kingman Reef:Geography Location: Oceania, reef in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to American Samoa Geographic coordinates: 6 24 N, 162 24 W Map references: Oceania Area: total: 1 sq km land : 1 sq km water: 0 sq km Area - comparative: about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 3 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm Climate: tropical, but moderated by prevailing winds Terrain: low and nearly level Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point : unnamed location 1 m Natural resources: none Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops : 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100% Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1996) Natural hazards: wet or awash most of the time, maximum elevation of about 1 meter makes Kingman Reef a maritime hazard Environment - current issues: none Environment - international agreements: party to : NA signed, but no
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