(1994)

Highways:
total: 34,750 km
paved: 5,352 km
unpaved: 29,398 km (1991 est.)

Waterways: of local importance only; isolated streams and small
portions of Canal des Pangalanes

Ports: Antsiranana, Antsohimbondrona, Mahajanga, Toamasina,
Toliaria

Merchant marine:
total: 11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 22,132 GRT/31,261 DWT
ships by type: cargo 5, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 1,
oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 105
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 2
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 3
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 21
with paved runways under 914 m: 31
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 2
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 45 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 96,000 (1988 est.)

Telephone system: system is above average for Africa
domestic: open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay,
and tropospheric scatter links
international: submarine cable to Bahrain; satellite earth stations
- 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean
Region)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 17, FM 3, shortwave 0

Radios: 2.565 million (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 1 (repeaters 36)

Televisions: 260,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Popular Armed Forces (includes Intervention Forces,
Development Forces, Aeronaval Forces - includes Navy and Air Force),
Gendarmerie, Presidential Security Regiment

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 3,103,022
males fit for military service: 1,843,732
males reach military age (20) annually: 132,146 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $29 million, 1.0%
of GDP (1994)

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@Malawi
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Map
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Location: 13 30 S, 34 00 E -- Southern Africa, east of Zambia

Flag
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Description: three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and
green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band

Geography
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Location: Southern Africa, east of Zambia

Geographic coordinates: 13 30 S, 34 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 118,480 sq km
land area: 94,080 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Pennsylvania

Land boundaries:
total: 2,881 km
border cou