te earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic
Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; coaxial cable and microwave
radio relay to Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria; microwave radio relay
to Lebanon is inactive; participant in Medarabtel

Radio broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 7, shortwave 0

Radios: 1.1 million (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 8 and 1 TV receive-only satellite
link

Televisions: 350,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF; includes Royal Jordanian
Land Force, Royal Naval Force, and Royal Jordanian Air Force);
Ministry of the Interior's Public Security Force (falls under JAF
only in wartime or crisis situations)

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 1,011,588
males fit for military service: 721,460
males reach military age (18) annually: 45,406 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $589 million,
8.2% of GDP (1996)

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@Juan de Nova Island
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(possession of France)

Map
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Location: 17 03 S, 42 45 E -- Southern Africa, island in the
Mozambique Channel, about one-third of the way between Madagascar
and Mozambique

Flag
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Description: the flag of France is used

Geography
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Location: Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about
one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique

Geographic coordinates: 17 03 S, 42 45 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 4.4 sq km
land area: 4.4 sq km
comparative area: about seven times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 24.1 km

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to depth the of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: claimed by Madagascar

Climate: tropical

Terrain: NA
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 10 m

Natural resources: guano deposits and other fertilizers

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 90%
other: 10%

Irrigated land: 0 sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: periodic cyclones
international agreements: NA

Geographic note: wildlife sanctuary

People
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Population: uninhabited