Cayes,
Miragoane, Port-au-Prince, Port-de-Paix, Saint-Marc
Merchant marine: none (2002 est.)
Airports: 12 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to
1,523 m: 1 (2001)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 10 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m:
6 (2001)
Military Haiti
Military branches: Haitian National Police (HNP) note: the regular
Haitian Army, Navy, and Air Force have been demobilized but still exist
on paper until or unless they are constitutionally abolished
Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,691,585 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 919,275
(2002 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 87,049
(2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $50 million (FY00)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.3% (FY00)
Transnational Issues Haiti
Disputes - international: claims US-administered Navassa Island
Illicit drugs: major Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en
route to the US and Europe; vulnerable to money laundering and pervasive
corruption
This page was last updated on 1 January 2002
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Hong Kong
Introduction Hong Kong
Background: Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded
by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later
in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and
the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement,
China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula,
China's socialist economic system will not be imposed on Hong Kong and
that Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except
foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.
Geography Hong Kong
Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China
Geographic coordinates: 22 15 N, 114 10 E
Map references: Southeast Asia
Area: total: 1,092 sq km water: 50 sq km land: 1,042 sq km
Area - comparative: six times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries: total: 30 km border countries: China 30 km
Coastline: 733 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 3 NM
Climate: tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy f
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