ips by type: bulk 22, cargo 74, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker
14, passenger 33, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 15,
short-sea passenger 4 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 80
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 11
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 34
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 16
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 9
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 2
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 2
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 4 (1995 est.)

Heliports: 2 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 2.2 million (1993)

Telephone system: large system by Third World standards but
inadequate for present requirements and undergoing extensive
upgrading
domestic: principal centers at Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah,
Ismailia, Suez, and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and
microwave radio relay
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean
and Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat; 5 coaxial submarine
cables; tropospheric scatter to Sudan; microwave radio relay to
Israel; participant in Medarabtel

Radio broadcast stations: AM 39, FM 6, shortwave 0

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 41

Televisions: 5 million (1993 est.)

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

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 16,530,460
males fit for military service: 10,723,011
males reach military age (20) annually: 660,453 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $3.5 billion,
8.2% of GDP (FY94/95 est.)

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@El Salvador
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Map
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Location: 13 50 N, 88 55 W -- Middle America, bordering the North
Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras

Flag
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Description: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white,
and blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band;
the coat of arms features a round emblem encircled by the words
REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL; similar to the flag
of Nicaragua, which has a different coat of arms centered in the
white band - it features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA
DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom; also similar
to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars arranged in an