orway, and Sweden)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 147 (transmitters and
repeaters), shortwave 0

Radios: 91,500 licensed (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 202 (transmitters and repeaters)

Televisions: 96,100 licensed (1993 est.)

Defense
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Branches: no regular armed forces; Police, Coast Guard; note -
Iceland's defense is provided by the US-manned Icelandic Defense
Force (IDF) headquartered at Keflavik

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 71,317
males fit for military service: 63,126 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: none

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@India
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Map
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Location: 20 00 N, 77 00 E -- Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian
Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan

Flag
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Description: three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white,
and green with a blue chakra (24-spoked wheel) centered in the white
band; similar to the flag of Niger, which has a small orange disk
centered in the white band

Geography
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Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of
Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan

Geographic coordinates: 20 00 N, 77 00 E

Map references: Asia

Area:
total area: 3,287,590 sq km
land area: 2,973,190 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than one-third the size of the US

Land boundaries:
total: 14,103 km
border countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463
km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km

Coastline: 7,000 km

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: boundaries with Bangladesh and China in
dispute; status of Kashmir with Pakistan; water-sharing problems
with downstream riparians, Bangladesh over the Ganges and Pakistan
over the Indus (Wular Barrage)

Climate: varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in
north

Terrain: upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling
plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m

Natural resources: coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world),
iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural
gas, diamonds, petroleum,