m (1992)

Ports and harbors: Braila, Constanta, Galati, Mangalia, Sulina, Tulcea

Merchant marine:
total: 227 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,332,117 GRT/3,464,613
DWT
ships by type: bulk 39, cargo 160, container 2, oil tanker 12,
passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off
cargo 10
note: Romania owns an additional 11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
827,625 DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Cyprus,
Liberia, and Malta (1997 est.)

Airports: 24 (1997 est.)

Airports-with paved runways:
total: 19
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 (1997 est.)

Airports-with unpaved runways:
total: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (1997 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1997 est.)

@Romania:Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces,
Paramilitary Forces, Civil Defense

Military manpower-military age: 20 years of age

Military manpower-availability:
males age 15-49: 5,888,775 (1998 est.)

Military manpower-fit for military service:
males: 4,951,586 (1998 est.)

Military manpower-reaching military age annually:
males: 197,036 (1998 est.)

Military expenditures-dollar figure: $650 million (1996)

Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 2.5% (1996)

@Romania:Transnational Issues

Disputes-international: dispute with Ukraine over continental shelf of
the Black Sea under which significant gas and oil deposits may exist;
agreed in 1997 to two-year negotiating period, after which either
party can refer dispute to the International Court of Justice

Illicit drugs: important transshipment point for Southwest Asian
heroin transiting the Balkan route and small amounts of Latin American
cocaine bound for Western Europe

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RUSSIA

@Russia:Geography

Location: Northern Asia (that part west of the Urals is sometimes
included with Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and
the North Pacific Ocean

Geographic coordinates: 60 00 N, 100 00 E

Map references: Asia

Area:
total: 17,075,200 sq km
land: 16,995,800 sq km
water: 79,400 sq km

Area-comparative: slightly less than 1.8 times the size of the US

Land boundaries:
total: 19,917 km
border countries: Azerbaijan 284 km, Belarus 959 km, China (southeast)
3,605 km, China (south) 40 km, Estonia 294 km, Finland 1,313 km,
Georgia 723 km, Kazakhstan 6,846 km, North Korea 19 km, Latvi