8, short-sea
passenger 4, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1

Airports: 117 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: 2 914 to 1,523 m: Airports - with unpaved
runways: total: 105 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 20 under 914 m:
83 (2001)

Military Honduras

Military branches: Army, Navy (including marines), Air Force

Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,563,174 (2002 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 930,718
(2002 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 72,335
(2002 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $35 million (FY99)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 0.6% (FY99)

Transnational Issues Honduras

Disputes - international: Honduras claims Sapodilla Cays off the coast
of Belize; El Salvador disputes tiny Conejo Island off Honduras in the
Golfo de Fonseca; many of the "bolsones" (disputed areas) along the El
Salvador-Honduras boundary remain undemarcated despite ICJ adjudication
in 1992; with respect to the maritime boundary in the Golfo de Fonseca,
the ICJ referred to the line determined by the 1900 Honduras-Nicaragua
Mixed Boundary Commission and advised a tripartite resolution among
El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua; Nicaragua filed a claim against
Honduras in 1999 and against Colombia in 2001 at the ICJ over disputed
maritime boundary involving 50,000 sq km in the Caribbean Sea, including
the Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank

Illicit drugs: transshipment point for drugs and narcotics; illicit
producer of cannabis, cultivated on small plots and used principally
for local consumption; corruption is a major problem; vulnerable to
money laundering

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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Howland Island

Introduction

Howland Island

Background: Discovered by the US early in the 19th century, the island
was officially claimed by the US in 1857. Both US and British companies
mined for guano until about 1890. Earhart Light is a day beacon near
the middle of the west coast that was partially destroyed during World
War II, but has since been rebuilt; it is named in memory of the famed
aviatrix Amelia EARHART. The island is administered by the US Department
of the Interior as a National Wildlife Refuge.

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