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pelines: crude oil, 2,000 km; refined products, 3,804 km; natural gas, 1,095 km _#_Ports: Belem, Fortaleza, Ilheus, Manaus, Paranagua, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, Salvador, Santos _#_Merchant marine: 263 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,898,838 GRT/9,975,272 DWT; includes 2 passenger-cargo, 59 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 13 container, 7 roll-on/roll-off, 60 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 15 chemical tanker, 11 liquefied gas, 14 combination ore/oil, 79 bulk, 2 combination bulk; additionally, 2 naval tanker and 4 military transport are sometimes used commercially _#_Civil air: 176 major transport aircraft _#_Airports: 3,751 total, 3,078 usable; 401 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m; 22 with runways 2,240-3,659 m; 533 with runways 1,220-2,439 m _#_Telecommunications: good system; extensive radio relay facilities; 9.86 million telephones; stations--1,223 AM, no FM, 112 TV, 151 shortwave; 3 coaxial submarine cables 3 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations with total of 3 antennas; 64 domestic satellite stations _*_Defense Forces _#_Branches: Brazilian Army, Navy of Brazil (including Marines), Brazilian Air Force, Federal Police Force _#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 40,559,052; 27,364,392 fit for military service; 1,637,434 reach military age (18) annually _#_Defense expenditures: $1.1 billion, 2.6% of GDP (1990) _%_ _@_British Indian Ocean Territory (dependent territory of the UK) _*_Geography _#_Total area: 60 km2; land area: 60 km2 _#_Comparative area: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC _#_Land boundaries: none _#_Coastline: 698 km _#_Maritime claims: Territorial sea: 3 nm _#_Disputes: the entire Chagos Archipelago is claimed by Mauritius _#_Climate: tropical marine; hot, humid, moderated by trade winds _#_Terrain: flat and low (up to 4 meters in elevation) _#_Natural resources: coconuts, fish _#_Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 100% _#_Environment: archipelago of 2,300 islands _#_Note: Diego Garcia, largest and southernmost island, occupies strategic location in central Indian Ocean _*_People _#_Population: no permanent civilian population; formerly about 3,000 islanders _#_Ethnic divisions: civilian inhabitants, known as the Ilois, evacuated to Mauritius before construction of U
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