rtwave 0
radios: 840,000

Television:
broadcast stations: 6
televisions: 1,012,094

@Bosnia And Herzegovina:Defense Forces

Branches: Army

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 815,055; males fit for military
service 657,454; males reach military age (19) annually 38,201 (1995
est.)

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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BOTSWANA

@Botswana:Geography

Location: Southern Africa, north of South Africa

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 600,370 sq km
land area: 585,370 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Texas

Land boundaries: total 4,013 km, Namibia 1,360 km, South Africa 1,840
km, Zimbabwe 813 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none; landlocked

International disputes: short section of boundary with Namibia is
indefinite; quadripoint with Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe is in
disagreement; dispute with Namibia over uninhabited Kasikili (Sidudu)
Island in Linyanti (Chobe) River remained unresolved in mid-February
1995 and the parties agreed to refer the matter to the International
Court of Justice

Climate: semiarid; warm winters and hot summers

Terrain: predominately flat to gently rolling tableland; Kalahari
Desert in southwest

Natural resources: diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash,
coal, iron ore, silver

Land use:
arable land: 2%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 75%
forest and woodland: 2%
other: 21%

Irrigated land: 20 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:
current issues: overgrazing, primarily as a result of the expansion of
the cattle population; desertification; limited natural fresh water
resources
natural hazards: periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from
the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure
visibility
international agreements: party to - Climate Change, Endangered
Species, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection;
signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity

Note: landlocked; population concentrated in eastern part of the
country

@Botswana:People

Population: 1,392,414 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 43% (female 300,598; male 303,333)
15-64 years: 53% (female 398,347; male 344,838)
65 years and over: 4% (female 25,773; male 19,525) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.36% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 31.01 b