amaica Railway Corporation which were in common carrier service are
no longer operational; the remaining track is privately owned and
used to transport bauxite
Highways:
total: 18,094 km
paved: 12,528 km
unpaved: 5,566 km (1988 est.)
Pipelines: petroleum products 10 km
Ports: Alligator Pond, Discovery Bay, Kingston, Montego Bay, Ocho
Rios, Port Antonio, Longs Wharf, Rocky Point
Merchant marine:
total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,435 GRT/6,105 DWT
ships by type: oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 27
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 2
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 3
with paved runways under 914 m: 21
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1 (1995 est.)
Communications
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Telephones: 212,257 (1991 est.)
Telephone system: fully automatic domestic telephone network
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean); 3 coaxial submarine cables
Radio broadcast stations: AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 0
Radios: 1.04 million (1992 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 8
Televisions: 330,000 (1992 est.)
Defense
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Branches: Jamaica Defense Force (includes Ground Forces, Coast
Guard and Air Wing), Jamaica Constabulary Force
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 680,965
males fit for military service: 481,616
males reach military age (18) annually: 25,810 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $30 million, NA%
of GDP (FY95/96)
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@Jan Mayen
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(territory of Norway)
Map
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Location: 71 00 N, 8 00 W -- Northern Europe, island between the
Greenland Sea and the Norwegian Sea, northeast of Iceland
Flag
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Description: the flag of Norway is used
Geography
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Location: Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and
the Norwegian Sea, northeast of Iceland
Geographic coordinates: 71 00 N, 8 00 W
Map references: Arctic Region
Area:
total area: 373 sq km
land area: 373 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 124.1 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 10 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 4 nm
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