(January 1996), 51.252 (1995), 49.415 (1994), 48.322 (1993), 43.830
(1992), 41.372 (1991)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 1,484 km
broad gauge: 1,459 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 25 km .762-m gauge (1995)

Highways:
total: 94,651 km
paved: 25,749 km
unpaved: 68,902 km (1990)

Waterways: 430 km; navigable by shallow-draft craft

Pipelines: crude oil and petroleum products 62 km (1987)

Ports: Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee

Merchant marine:
total: 26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 220,508 GRT/329,410 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 13, container 1, oil tanker 2,
refrigerated cargo 8 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 13
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 6
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 6 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 175,000 (1991 est.)

Telephone system: very inadequate domestic service, good
international service
domestic: NA
international: submarine cables to Indonesia and Djibouti; satellite
earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 12, FM 5, shortwave 0

Radios: 3.525 million (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 5

Televisions: 865,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 5,085,306
males fit for military service: 3,960,070
males reach military age (18) annually: 180,825 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $640 million,
4.4% of GDP (1996)

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@Sudan
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Map
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Location: 15 00 N, 30 00 E -- Northern Africa, bordering the Red
Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea

Flag
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Description: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and
black with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side

Geography
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Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt
and Eritrea

Geographic coordinates: 15 00 N, 30 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 2,505,810 sq km
land area: 2.376 million sq km
comparative area: slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US

Land boundaries:
total: 7,687 km
border countries: Central African Republic 1,165 km, Chad 1,360 km,
Egypt 1,273 km, Eritr