55.271 (1996), 51.252 (1995), 49.415 (1994),
48.322 (1993)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: 352,681 (1997 est.); note-in addition, there are 114,888
mobile telephones (1997 est.)

Telephone system: very inadequate domestic service, but expanding with
the entry of two wireless loop operators and privatization of national
telephone company; good international service
domestic: NA
international: submarine cables to Indonesia and Djibouti; satellite
earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 12, FM 5, shortwave 0

Radios: 3.6 million (1996 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 5

Televisions: 1.6 million (1996 est.)

@Sri Lanka:Transportation

Railways:
total: 1,501 km
broad gauge: 1,442 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (1995)

Highways:
total: 99,200 km
paved: 39,680 km
unpaved: 59,520 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: 430 km; navigable by shallow-draft craft

Pipelines: crude oil and petroleum products 62 km (1987)

Ports and harbors: Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee

Merchant marine:
total: 24 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 204,542 GRT/317,253 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 13, container 1, oil tanker 2,
refrigerated cargo 6 (1997 est.)

Airports: 13 (1997 est.)

Airports-with paved runways:
total: 12
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 6 (1997 est.)

Airports-with unpaved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1997 est.)

@Sri Lanka:Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force

Military manpower-military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower-availability:
males age 15-49: 5,147,100 (1998 est.)

Military manpower-fit for military service:
males: 4,006,314 (1998 est.)

Military manpower-reaching military age annually:
males: 193,851 (1998 est.)

Military expenditures-dollar figure: $736 million (1997)

Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 5.7% (1997)

@Sri Lanka:Transnational Issues

Disputes-international: none

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SUDAN

@Sudan:Geography

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and
Eritrea

Geographic coordinates: 15 00 N, 30 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total: 2,505,810 sq km
land: 2.376 million sq km
water: 129,810 sq km

Area-comparative: slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US

Land boundaries:
total: 7,687 km
border countries: Ce