national
telecommunications circuits at the Moscow international gateway
switch; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat and a new satellite
earth station established at Almaty of unknown type

Radio broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA

Radios: 4.088 million (with multiple speakers for program
diffusion 6.082 million)

Television broadcast stations: NA; Orbita (TV receive only) earth
station

Televisions: 4.75 million

Defense
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Branches: Army, Air Force, Air Defense Force, National Guard,
Security Forces (internal and border troops); Kazakstan may also be
establishing a maritime force - navy or coast guard - on the Caspian
Sea

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 4,399,356
males fit for military service: 3,516,583
males reach military age (18) annually: 154,750 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: 18.9 billion tenges, NA% of GDP (1995); note
- conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the
current exchange rate could produce misleading results

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@Kenya
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Map
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Location: 1 00 N, 38 00 E -- Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian
Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania

Flag
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Description: three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and
green; the red band is edged in white; a large warrior's shield
covering crossed spears is superimposed at the center

Geography
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Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between
Somalia and Tanzania

Geographic coordinates: 1 00 N, 38 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 582,650 sq km
land area: 569,250 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Nevada

Land boundaries:
total: 3,446 km
border countries: Ethiopia 830 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km,
Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km

Coastline: 536 km

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

International disputes: administrative boundary with Sudan does
not coincide with international boundary; possible claim by Somalia
based on unification of ethnic Somalis

Climate: varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior

Terrain: low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great
Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west
lowest point: Ind