o 3 047 m: 65
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 67
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 51
with paved runways under 914 m: 351
with unpaved runways over 3 047 m: 2
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 6
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 7
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 55 (1995 est.)

Heliports: 55 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 44 million

Telephone system: Germany has one of the world's most
technologically advanced telecommunications systems; as a result of
intensive capital expenditures since reunification, the formerly
backward system of the eastern part of the country is being rapidly
modernized and integrated with that of the western part
domestic: the region which was formerly West Germany is served by an
extensive system of automatic telephone exchanges connected by
modern networks of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, microwave radio
relay, and a domestic satellite system; cellular telephone service
is widely available and includes roaming service to many foreign
countries; since the reunification of Germany, the telephone system
of the eastern region has been upgraded and enjoys many of the
advantages of the national system
international: satellite earth stations - 14 Intelsat (12 Atlantic
Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean
region), 2 Intersputnik (1 Atlantic Ocean region and 1 Indian Ocean
region); 6 submarine cable connections; 2 HF radiotelephone
communication centers; tropospheric scatter links

Radio broadcast stations:
western: AM 80, FM 470, shortwave 0
eastern: AM 23, FM 17, shortwave 0

Radios: 70 million (1991 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 246 (repeaters 6,000); note - there
are 15 Russian repeaters in eastern Germany

Televisions: 44.8 million (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Army, Navy (includes Naval Air Arm), Air Force, Border
Police, Coast Guard

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 21,540,919
males fit for military service: 18,537,347
males reach military age (18) annually: 449,292 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $42.8 billion,
1.5% of GDP (1995)

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@Ghana
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Map
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Location: 8 00 N, 2 00 W -- Western Africa, bordering the North
Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo