Haugesund, Kristiansand, Larvik, Narvik, Oslo, Porsgrunn, Stavanger,
Tromso, Trondheim

Merchant marine: total: 746 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,691,266
GRT/32,126,513 DWT ships by type: bulk 84, cargo 130, chemical tanker 119,
combination bulk 9, combination ore/oil 38, container 18, liquefied gas
91, passenger 6, petroleum tanker 143, refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll
off 41, short-sea passenger 21, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier
35 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Australia 1, Denmark 14, Germany 11, Greece 10, Hong Kong 7,
Iceland 2, Japan 11, Lithuania 1, Monaco 42, Poland 1, Saudi Arabia 3,
Singapore 10, Sweden 42, Switzerland 2, United Kingdom 4, United States 5
(2002 est.)

Airports: 102 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 67 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047
m: 13 1,524 to 2,437 m: 13 914 to 1,523 m: 15 under 914 m: 26 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 35 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m:
29 (2001)

Military Norway

Military branches: Norwegian Army, Royal Norwegian Navy (including
Coast Artillery and Coast Guard), Royal Norwegian Air Force, Home Guard

Military manpower - military age: 20 years of age (2002 est.)

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,099,966 (2002 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 911,632
(2002 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 27,341
(2002 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $3.113 billion (FY98/99)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 2.13% (2002)

Transnational Issues Norway

Disputes - international: Norway asserts a territorial claim in
Antarctica (Queen Maud Land and its continental shelf); despite recent
discussions, Russia and Norway continue to dispute their maritime
limits in the Barents Sea and Russia's fishing rights beyond Svalbard's
territorial limits within the Svalbard Treaty zone

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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Nepal

Introduction

Nepal

Background: In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old
system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of
government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the
framework of a constitutional monarchy. The refugee issue of some 100,000
Bhutanese in Nepal remains unresolved; 90% of the