manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 4,397,008 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $197 million (FY98/99)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 1.9% (FY98/99)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: administrative boundary with Sudan does
not coincide with international boundary

Illicit drugs: widespread harvesting of small, wild plots of
marijuana and qat (chat); transit country for South Asian heroin
destined for Europe and, sometimes, North America; Indian
methaqualone also transits on way to South Africa

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@Kingman Reef
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Geography

Location: Oceania, reef in the North Pacific Ocean, about
one-half of the way from Hawaii to American Samoa

Geographic coordinates: 6 24 N, 162 24 W

Map references: Oceania

Area:
total: 1 sq km
land: 1 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area--comparative: about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 3 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate: tropical, but moderated by prevailing winds

Terrain: low and nearly level

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 1 m

Natural resources: none

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 0%
forests and woodland: 0%
other: 100%

Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1996)

Natural hazards: wet or awash most of the time, maximum elevation
of about 1 meter makes Kingman Reef a maritime hazard

Environment--current issues: none

Environment--international agreements:
party to: NA
signed, but not ratified: NA

Geography--note: barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon;
closed to the public

People

Population: uninhabited

Government

Country name:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Kingman Reef

Data code: KQ

Dependency status: unincorporated territory of the US;
administered from Washington, DC by the US Navy; however, it is
awash the majority of the time, so it is not usable and is
uninhabited

Capital: none; administered from Washington, DC

Legal system: NA

Flag description: the flag of the US is used

Economy

Economy--overview: no economic activity

Transportation

Ports and harbors: