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NA Television broadcast stations: 1 Televisions: 4,500 (1993 est.) @Burundi:Transportation Railways: 0 km Highways: total: 14,480 km paved: 1,028 km unpaved: 13,452 km (1995 est.) Waterways: Lake Tanganyika Ports and harbors: Bujumbura Airports: 4 (1997 est.) Airports-with paved runways: total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (1997 est.) Airports-with unpaved runways: total: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 1 (1997 est.) @Burundi:Military Military branches: Army (includes naval and air units), paramilitary Gendarmerie Military manpower-military age: 16 years of age Military manpower-availability: males age 15-49: 1,203,518 (1998 est.) Military manpower-fit for military service: males: 627,587 (1998 est.) Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males: 69,030 (1998 est.) Military expenditures-dollar figure: $25 million (1993) Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 2.6% (1993) @Burundi:Transnational Issues Disputes-international: none ______________________________________________________________________ CAMBODIA @Cambodia:Geography Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos Geographic coordinates: 13 00 N, 105 00 E Map references: Southeast Asia Area: total: 181,040 sq km land: 176,520 sq km water: 4,520 sq km Area-comparative: slightly smaller than Oklahoma Land boundaries: total: 2,572 km border countries: 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 Climate: tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation Terrain: mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and north Elevation extremes: lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m Natural resources: timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential Land use: arable land: 13% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 11% forests and woodland: 66% other: 10% (1993 est.) Irrigated land: 920 sq km (1993 est.) Natural hazards: monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding; occasional droughts Environment-current issues: logging activities throughout the country and strip mining for gems in the western region along the border with Thailand are resultin
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