32,752 km
paved: 21,119 km
unpaved: 11,633 km (1992 est.)

Pipelines: natural gas 400 km (1992)

Ports: none

Airports:
total: 59
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 5
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 7
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 9
with unpaved runways under 914 m: 36 (1994 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 303,000 (1991 est.)

Telephone system: poorly developed and not well maintained; many
towns are not reached by the national network
domestic: cable and microwave radio relay
international: linked by cable and microwave radio relay to other
CIS republics, and by leased connections to the Moscow international
gateway switch; Dushanbe linked by Intelsat to international gateway
switch in Ankara (Turkey); satellite earth stations - 1 Orbita and 2
Intelsat

Radio broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA; note - there
is one state-owned radio broadcast station

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 1
note: 1 Intelsat earth station provides TV receive-only service from
Turkey

Televisions: NA

Defense
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Branches: Army (being formed), Presidential National Guard,
Security Forces (internal and border troops)

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 1,358,106
males fit for military service: 1,115,149
males reach military age (18) annually: 58,691 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: 180 billion rubles, 3.4% of GDP (1995)

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@Tanzania
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Map
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Location: 6 00 S, 35 00 E -- Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian
Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique

Flag
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Description: divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from
the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is
green and the lower triangle is blue

Geography
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Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between
Kenya and Mozambique

Geographic coordinates: 6 00 S, 35 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 945,090 sq km
land area: 886,040 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than twice the size of California
note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar

Land boundaries:
total: 3,402 km
border countries: Burundi 451 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km,
Mozam