to 3 047 m: 3
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 15
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 82
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 17
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 94 (1995 est.)

Communications
--------------

Telephones: 34,000 (1991 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: barely adequate wire and microwave radio relay service in
and between urban areas; domestic satellite system with 14 earth
stations
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 10, FM 4, shortwave 0

Radios: 3.87 million (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 18

Televisions: 55,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
-------

Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie,
paramilitary Civil Guard, Special Presidential Division

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 10,025,536
males fit for military service: 5,108,385 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $46 million, 1.5%
of GDP (1990)

======================================================================

@Zambia
------

Map
---

Location: 15 00 S, 30 00 E -- Southern Africa, east of Angola

Flag
----

Description: green with a panel of three vertical bands of red
(hoist side), black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the
outer edge of the flag

Geography
---------

Location: Southern Africa, east of Angola

Geographic coordinates: 15 00 S, 30 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 752,610 sq km
land area: 740,720 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Texas

Land boundaries:
total: 5,664 km
border countries: Angola 1,110 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km,
Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338 km, Zaire 1,930 km, Zimbabwe 797 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

International disputes: quadripoint with Botswana, Namibia, and
Zimbabwe is in disagreement; Tanzania-Zaire-Zambia tripoint in Lake
Tanganyika may no longer be indefinite since it has been informally
reported that the indefinite section of the Zaire-Zambia boundary
has been settled

Climate: tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to
April)

Terrain: mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains
lowest point: Zambezi river 329 m
highest point: in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m

Natural resources: copper, cobalt,