paved runways:
total: 32
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 19
under 914 m: 9 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 125
914 to 1,523 m: 24
under 914 m: 101 (2006)

Pipelines:
refined products 242 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 278 km
narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 35,330 km
paved: 8,621 km
unpaved: 26,709 km (2004)

Waterways:
730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2005)

Merchant marine:
total: 2 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,308 GRT/743 DWT
by type: passenger/cargo 2 (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Caldera, Puerto Limon

Military Costa Rica

Military branches:
no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security,
Government, and Police (2006)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 997,690
females age 18-49: 968,290 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 829,874
females age 18-49: 809,343 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 41,097
females age 18-49: 39,243

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$83.46 million (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.4% (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues Costa Rica

Disputes - international:
in September 2005, Costa Rica took its case before the ICJ to
advocate the navigation, security, and commercial rights of Costa
Rican vessels using the Rio San Juan over which Nicaragua retains
sovereignty

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 9,470 (Colombia) (2006)

Illicit drugs:
transshipment country for cocaine and heroin from South America;
illicit production of cannabis on small, scattered plots; domestic
cocaine consumption, particularly crack cocaine, is rising

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@Cote d'Ivoire

Introduction Cote d'Ivoire

Background:
Close ties to France since independence in 1960, the development of
cocoa production for export, and foreign investment made Cote
d'Ivoire one of the most prosperous of the tropical African states,
but did not protect it from political turmoil. In December 1999, a
military coup - the first ever in Cote d'Ivoire's history -
overthrew the governm