st stations:
1 (2001)

Televisions:
NA

Internet country code:
.mw

Internet hosts:
377 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
3 (2002)

Internet users:
52,500 (2005)

Transportation Malawi

Airports:
42 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 6
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 36
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 20 (2006)

Railways:
total: 797 km
narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 15,451 km
paved: 6,956 km
unpaved: 8,495 km (2003)

Waterways:
700 km (on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire River) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba

Military Malawi

Military branches:
Malawi Armed Forces: Army (includes Air Wing and Naval Detachment),
Police (includes Mobile Force Unit)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription
(2001)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,430,514 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,226,802 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$15.81 million (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.8% (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues Malawi

Disputes - international:
disputes with Tanzania over the boundary in Lake Nyasa (Lake
Malawi) and the meandering Songwe River remain dormant

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@Malaysia

Introduction Malaysia

Background:
During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established
colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these
were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled
territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Federation of Malaya,
which became independent in 1957. Malaysia was formed in 1963 when
the former British colonies of Singapore and the East Malaysian
states of Sabah and Sarawak on the northern coast of Borneo joined
the Federation. The first several years of the country's history
were marred by Indonesian efforts to control Malaysia, Philippine
claims to Sabah, and Singapore's secession from the Federation in
1965. During the 22-year term of Prime Minister MAH