1,197,306 GRT/2,153,673 DWT; includes
15 cargo, 8 container, 3 roll-on/roll-off, 23 oil tanker, 4 bulk, 1
refrigerated cargo, 1 liquified gas, 1 chemical tanker
Airports:
total:
37
usable:
34
with permanent-surface runways:
20
with runways over 3,659 m:
7
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
5
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
5
Telecommunications:
modern system consisting of microwave and coaxial cable; key centers are Abu
Dhabi and Dubayy; 386,600 telephones; satellite ground stations - 1 Atlantic
Ocean INTELSAT, 2 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 1 ARABSAT; submarine cables to
Qatar, Bahrain, India, and Pakistan; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain;
microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; broadcast stations - 8 AM, 3 FM, 12
TV

*United Arab Emirates, Defense Forces

Branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Federal Police Force
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,008,076; fit for military service 550,965; reach military
age (18) annually 15,499 (1993 est.)
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $1.47 billion, 5.3% of GDP (1989 est.)

*United Kingdom, Geography

Location:
Western Europe, bordering on the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea,
between Ireland and France
Map references:
Europe, Standard Time Zones of the World
Area:
total area:
244,820 km2
land area:
241,590 km2
comparative area:
slightly smaller than Oregon
note:
includes Rockall and Shetland Islands
Land boundaries:
total 360 km, Ireland 360 km
Coastline:
12,429 km
Maritime claims:
continental shelf:
as defined in continental shelf orders or in accordance with agreed upon
boundaries
exclusive fishing zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
Northern Ireland question with Ireland; Gibraltar question with Spain;
Argentina claims Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas); Argentina claims South
Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; Mauritius claims island of Diego
Garcia in British Indian Ocean Territory; Rockall continental shelf dispute
involving Denmark, Iceland, and Ireland (Ireland and the UK have signed a
boundary agreement in the Rockall area); territorial claim in Antarctica
(British Antarctic Territory)
Climate:
temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic
Current; more than half of the days are overcast
Terrain:
mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and
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