FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   345   346   347   348   349   350   351   352   353   354   355   356   357   358   359   360   361   362   363   364   365   366   367   368   369  
370   371   372   373   374   375   376   377   378   379   380   381   382   383   384   385   386   387   388   389   390   391   392   393   394   >>   >|  
Celebes 241 km, Irian Jaya 4,587 km _#_Pipelines: crude oil, 2,505 km; refined products, 456 km; natural gas, 1,703 km (1989) _#_Ports: Cilacap, Cirebon, Jakarta, Kupang, Palembang, Ujungpandang, Semarang, Surabaya _#_Merchant marine: 365 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,647,632 GRT/2,481,432 DWT; includes 5 short-sea passenger, 13 passenger-cargo, 215 cargo, 7 container, 3 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 vehicle carrier, 80 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 3 chemical tanker, 5 liquefied gas, 6 specialized tanker, 1 livestock carrier, 25 bulk _#_Civil air: about 216 commercial transport aircraft _#_Airports: 470 total, 436 usable; 111 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m; 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 63 with runways 1,220-2,439 m _#_Telecommunications: interisland microwave system and HF police net; domestic service fair, international service good; radiobroadcast coverage good; 763,000 telephones (1986); stations--618 AM, 38 FM, 9 TV; satellite earth stations--1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth station and 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth station; and 1 domestic satellite communications system _*_Defense Forces _#_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police _#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 50,572,652; 29,893,127 fit for military service; 2,149,673 reach military age (18) annually _#_Defense expenditures: $1.4 billion, 1.8% of GNP (1988) _%_ _@_Iran _*_Geography _#_Total area: 1,648,000 km2; land area: 1,636,000 km2 _#_Comparative area: slightly larger than Alaska _#_Land boundaries: 5,492 km total; Afghanistan 936 km, Iraq 1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, USSR 1,690 km _#_Coastline: 3,180 km _#_Maritime claims: Continental shelf: not specific; Exclusive fishing zone: 50 nm in the Sea of Oman; continental shelf limit, continental shelf boundaries, or median lines in the Persian Gulf; Territorial sea: 12 nm _#_Disputes: Iran and Iraq restored diplomatic relations on 14 October 1990 following the end of the war that began on 22 September 1980; progress had been made on the major issues of contention--troop withdrawal, prisoner-of-war exchanges, demarcation of the border, freedom of navigation, and sovereignty over the the Shatt al Arab waterway--but written agreements had yet to be drawn up when frictions reemerged in March 1991 in the wake of Shia and Kurdish revolts in Iraq that Baghdad accused Tehran
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   345   346   347   348   349   350   351   352   353   354   355   356   357   358   359   360   361   362   363   364   365   366   367   368   369  
370   371   372   373   374   375   376   377   378   379   380   381   382   383   384   385   386   387   388   389   390   391   392   393   394   >>   >|  



Top keywords:

runways

 

tanker

 
service
 

domestic

 

boundaries

 
satellite
 
stations
 
military
 

passenger

 

Defense


continental
 

carrier

 

system

 
INTELSAT
 
station
 
Maritime
 
specific
 

Exclusive

 

fishing

 
Continental

Coastline

 

claims

 

Afghanistan

 

Geography

 

billion

 
annually
 

expenditures

 

Pakistan

 

Turkey

 

slightly


Comparative

 

larger

 
Alaska
 

Territorial

 

waterway

 

written

 

agreements

 
border
 

demarcation

 

freedom


navigation

 

sovereignty

 

Kurdish

 

revolts

 

Baghdad

 
Tehran
 
accused
 

frictions

 

reemerged

 

exchanges