Televisions: 7.4 million (1992 est.)

@Netherlands:Transportation

Railways:
total: 2,791 km
standard gauge: 2,791 km 1.435-m gauge; 2,757 km are in common carrier
service (1,991 km electrified) and 34 km serve tourists

Highways:
total: 120,800 km
paved: 108,720 km (including 2,300 km of expressways)
unpaved : 12,080 km (1995 est.)

Waterways: 6,340 km, of which 35% is usable by craft of 1,000 metric
ton capacity or larger

Pipelines: crude oil 418 km; petroleum products 965 km; natural gas
10,230 km

Ports and harbors: Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Dordrecht, Eemshaven,
Groningen, Haarlem, IJmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen,
Utrecht

Merchant marine:
total: 406 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,333,353 GRT/3,880,155
DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 237, chemical tanker 32, combination bulk
3, container 40, liquefied gas tanker 15, livestock carrier 1,
multifunction large-load carrier 4, oil tanker 34, passenger 7,
refrigerated cargo 16, roll-on/roll-off cargo 11, short-sea passenger
3, specialized tanker 2
note: many Dutch-owned ships are operating under the registry of
Netherlands Antilles (1996 est.)

Airports: 28 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 25
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m : 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 6 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total : 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (1996 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1996 est.)

Military

Military branches: Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy
(includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air
Force, Royal Constabulary

Military manpower - military age: 20 years of age

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49 : 4,160,723 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males: 3,642,218 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 95,006 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $8.2 billion (1995)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 2.1% (1995)

Transnational Issues

Disputes - international: none

Illicit drugs: important gateway for cocaine, heroin, and hashish
entering Europe; European producer of illicit amphetamines and other
synthetic drugs
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NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

(part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

@Netherlands Antilles:Geography

Location: Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea - one
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