813,000 telephones (1990); stations--19 AM,
8 FM, 29 TV; earth stations--1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 2
Indian Ocean INTELSAT

_*_Defense Forces
_#_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Civil Armed Forces,
National Guard

_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 26,840,840; 16,466,334 fit for
military service; 1,322,883 reach military age (17) annually

_#_Defense expenditures: $2.9 billion, 6% of GNP (FY91)
_%_
_@_Palmyra Atoll
(territory of the US)
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 11.9 km2; land area: 11.9 km2

_#_Comparative area: about 20 times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC

_#_Land boundaries: none

_#_Coastline: 14.5 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Contiguous zone: 12 nm;

Continental shelf: 200 m (depth);

Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;

Territorial sea: 12 nm

_#_Climate: equatorial, hot, and very rainy

_#_Terrain: low, with maximum elevations of about 2 meters

_#_Natural resources: none

_#_Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures
0%; forest and woodland 100%; other 0%

_#_Environment: about 50 islets covered with dense vegetation,
coconut trees, and balsa-like trees up to 30 meters tall

_#_Note: located 1,600 km south-southwest of Honolulu in the North
Pacific Ocean, almost halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa

_*_People
_#_Population: uninhabited

_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: none

_#_Type: unincorporated territory of the US; privately owned, but
administered by the Office of Territorial and International Affairs,
US Department of the Interior

_*_Economy
_#_Overview: no economic activity

_*_Communications
_#_Ports: none; offshore anchorage in West Lagoon

_#_Airports: 1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

_*_Defense Forces
_#_Note: defense is the responsibility of the US
_%_
_@_Panama
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 78,200 km2; land area: 75,990 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than South Carolina

_#_Land boundaries: 555 km total; Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km

_#_Coastline: 2,490 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Territorial sea: 200 nm

_#_Climate: tropical; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May
to January), short dry season (January to May)

_#_Terrain: interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected,
upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills

_#_Natural resources: copper, mahogany forests, shrimp

_#_Land use: arab