(1987 est.)

Televisions: 45,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Tanzanian People's Defense Force (TPDF; includes Army,
Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary Police Field Force Unit, Militia

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 6,499,244
males fit for military service: 3,765,193 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $69 million, NA%
of GDP (FY94/95)

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@Thailand
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Map
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Location: 15 00 N, 100 00 E -- Southeastern Asia, bordering the
Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma

Flag
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Description: five horizontal bands of red (top), white, blue
(double width), white, and red

Geography
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Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the
Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma

Geographic coordinates: 15 00 N, 100 00 E

Map references: Southeast Asia

Area:
total area: 514,000 sq km
land area: 511,770 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Wyoming

Land boundaries:
total: 4,863 km
border countries: Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km,
Malaysia 506 km

Coastline: 3,219 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: boundary dispute with Laos; unresolved
maritime boundary with Vietnam; parts of border with Cambodia in
dispute; maritime boundary with Cambodia not clearly defined

Climate: tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May
to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March);
southern isthmus always hot and humid

Terrain: central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains
elsewhere
lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,576 m

Natural resources: tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum,
timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite

Land use:
arable land: 34%
permanent crops: 4%
meadows and pastures: 1%
forest and woodland: 30%
other: 31%

Irrigated land: 42,300 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:
current issues: air pollution from vehicle emissions; water
pollution from organic and factory wastes; deforestation; soil
erosion; wildlife populations threatened by illegal hunting
natural hazards: land subsidence i