3,000 (2000)

Transportation Vanuatu

Railways: 0 km

Highways: total: 1,070 km paved: 256 km unpaved: 814 km (1996)

Waterways: none

Ports and harbors: Forari, Port-Vila, Santo (Espiritu Santo)

Merchant marine: total: 54 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,092,838
GRT/1,329,576 DWT ships by type: bulk 22, cargo 9, chemical tanker 1,
combination bulk 3, container 2, liquefied gas 3, petroleum tanker 1,
refrigerated cargo 7, vehicle carrier 6 note: includes some foreign-owned
ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Australia 3, Canada 2,
China 1, Japan 25, Monaco 4, Netherlands 1, New Zealand 5, Panama 1,
Poland 1, Switzerland 2, United Kingdom 4, US 2, Vietnam 1 (2002 est.)

Airports: 31 (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: 29 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to
1,523 m: 10 under 914 m: 17 (2001)

Military Vanuatu

Military branches: no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force
(VPF; including the paramilitary Mobile Force or VMF)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $NA

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%

Transnational Issues Vanuatu

Disputes - international: Matthew and Hunter Islands east of New
Caledonia claimed by Vanuatu and France

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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Nigeria

Introduction

Nigeria

Background: Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new
constitution was adopted in 1999, and a peaceful transition to civilian
government was completed. The president faces the daunting task of
rebuilding a petroleum-based economy, whose revenues have been squandered
through corruption and mismanagement, and institutionalizing democracy. In
addition, the OBASANJO administration must defuse longstanding ethnic
and religious tensions, if it is to build a sound foundation for economic
growth and political stability.

Geography Nigeria

Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin
and Cameroon

Geographic coordinates: 10 00 N, 8 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area: total: 923,768 sq km water: 13,000 sq km land: 910,768 sq km

Area - comparative: slightly more than twice the size of California

Land boundaries: total: 4,047 km border countries: Benin 773 km,
Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km

Coastline: 853 km

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