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_Airports: 8 total, 7 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; none with runways 1,220 to 2,439 m _#_Telecommunications: sparse system of wire, radiocommunications, and low-capacity radio relay links; 8,000 telephones; stations--2 AM, 2 FM, 1 TV; 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth station _*_Defense Forces _#_Branches: Army (includes naval and air units); paramilitary Gendarmerie _#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 1,268,342; 661,888 fit for military service; 64,538 reach military age (16) annually _#_Defense expenditures: $33 million, 3.1% of GDP (1988) _%_ _@_Cambodia _*_Geography _#_Total area: 181,040 km2; land area: 176,520 km2 _#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Oklahoma _#_Land boundaries: 2,572 km total; Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km _#_Coastline: 443 km _#_Maritime claims: Contiguous zone: 24 nm; Continental shelf: 200 nm; Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm; Territorial sea: 12 nm _#_Disputes: offshore islands and three sections of the boundary with Vietnam are in dispute; maritime boundary with Vietnam not defined; occupied by Vietnam on 25 December 1978 _#_Climate: tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to October); dry season (December to March); little seasonal temperature variation _#_Terrain: mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and north _#_Natural resources: timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential _#_Land use: arable land 16%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures 3%; forest and woodland 76%; other 4%; includes irrigated 1% _#_Environment: a land of paddies and forests dominated by Mekong River and Tonle Sap _#_Note: buffer between Thailand and Vietnam _*_People _#_Population: 7,146,386 (July 1991), growth rate 2.2% (1991) _#_Birth rate: 38 births/1,000 population (1991) _#_Death rate: 16 deaths/1,000 population (1991) _#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991) _#_Infant mortality rate: 125 deaths/1,000 live births (1991) _#_Life expectancy at birth: 48 years male, 51 years female (1991) _#_Total fertility rate: 4.5 children born/woman (1991) _#_Nationality: noun--Cambodian(s); adjective--Cambodian _#_Ethnic divisions: Khmer 90%, Chinese 5%, other 5% _#_Religion: Theravada Buddhism 95%, other 5% _#_Language: Khmer (official), French
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