ips by type: bulk 8, cargo 2, oil tanker 12, short-sea passenger 1
(1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 28
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 7
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 4
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 1
with unpaved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 5
with unpaved runways under 914 m: 6 (1994 est.)

Transportation note: transportation network is in poor condition
and disrupted by ethnic conflict, criminal activities, and fuel
shortages; network lacks maintenance and repair

Communications
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Telephones: 672,000 (1993 est.)

Telephone system: poor service; 339,000 unsatisfied applications
for telephones (December 1990 est.)
domestic: NA
international: landline to CIS members and Turkey; satellite earth
station - 1 Eutelsat; leased connections with other countries via
the Moscow international gateway switch; international electronic
mail and telex service available

Radio broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 3

Televisions: NA

Defense
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Branches: Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces,
Republic Security Forces (internal and border troops)

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 1,288,291
males fit for military service: 1,021,632
males reach military age (18) annually: 40,654 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $60 million to
$65 million, NA% of GDP (1995)

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@Germany
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Map
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Location: 51 00 N, 9 00 E -- Central Europe, bordering the Baltic
Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of
Denmark

Flag
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Description: three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and
yellow

Geography
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Location: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North
Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark

Geographic coordinates: 51 00 N, 9 00 E

Map references: Europe

Area:
total area: 356,910 sq km
land area: 349,520 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Montana
note: includes the formerly separate Federal Republic of Germany,
the German De