tanker 1 (1997 est.)
Airports: 252 (1997 est.)
Airports-with paved runways:
total: 32
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 1 (1997 est.)
Airports-with unpaved runways:
total: 220
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 32
914 to 1,523 m: 101
under 914 m: 82 (1997 est.)
@Angola:Military
Military branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, National
Police Force
Military manpower-military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower-availability:
males age 15-49: 2,476,766 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-fit for military service:
males: 1,246,349 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-reaching military age annually:
males: 105,283 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $1.2 billion (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 31% (1993)
@Angola:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: none
Illicit drugs: increasingly used as a transshipment point for cocaine
and heroin destined for Western Europe and other African states
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ANGUILLA
(dependent territory of the UK)
@Anguilla:Geography
Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, east of Puerto Rico
Geographic coordinates: 18 15 N, 63 10 W
Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
Area:
total: 91 sq km
land: 91 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Area-comparative: about half the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 61 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 3 nm
Climate: tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds
Terrain: flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crocus Hill 65 m
Natural resources: salt, fish, lobster
Land use:
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
permanent pastures: NA%
forests and woodland: NA%
other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some
commercial salt ponds)
Irrigated land: NA sq km
Natural hazards: frequent hurricanes and other tropical storms (July
to October)
Environment-current issues: supplies of potable water sometimes cannot
meet increasing demand largely because of poor distribution system
Environment-international agreements:
party to: NA
signed, but not ratified: NA
@Anguilla:People
Population: 11,147 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 28% (male 1
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