nvenience: Bulgaria 1, Greece 1, Norway 1, Pakistan 1, Togo
1, United States 1 (2002 est.) ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 7, chemical
tanker 4, petroleum tanker 29, roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1

Airports: 70 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 35 over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047
m: 10 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 2 (2001) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 9

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 35 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to
1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 18 (2001)

Heliports: 1 (2001)

Military Nigeria

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force

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

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 30,808,598 (2002 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 17,698,911
(2002 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 1,375,112
(2002 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $374.9 million (FY01)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1% (FY01)

Transnational Issues Nigeria

Disputes - international: Nigeria disputes several villages with Benin
along the Okpara River, and only 35 km of their common boundary are
demarcated; the Benin-Niger-Nigeria tripoint remains undemarcated; Lake
Chad Basin Commission urges signatories Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
to ratify delimitation treaty over lake region, the site of continuing
armed clashes; oral arguments on the land and maritime boundary disputes
between Cameroon and Nigeria were presented to the ICJ; disputes center
around Bakasi Peninsula, where armed clashes continue, Bouram Island on
Lake Chad, and the maritime boundary and economic zone dispute in the
Gulf of Guinea, which also involves Equatorial Guinea; Nigeria requests
and Chad rejects redemarcation of boundary, which lacks clear demarcation
in sections and has caused several cross-border incidents

Illicit drugs: a transit point for heroin and cocaine intended for
European, East Asian, and North American markets; safehaven for Nigerian
narcotraffickers operating worldwide

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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Netherlands

Introduction

Netherlands

Background: The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In
1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands
remained neutral in World War I but suffered a brutal invasion and
occupation