Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 1,860 km
paved: 1,732 km (including 30 km of expressways)
unpaved: 128 km (1996 est.)

Ports and harbors: Port Louis

Merchant marine:
total: 17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 178,846 GRT/236,308 DWT
ships by type: cargo 6, combination bulk 2, container 6, liquefied
gas tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 2
note: a flag of convenience registry; India owns 1 ship (1998 est.)

Airports: 5 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: National Police Force (includes the
paramilitary Special Mobile Force or SMF, Special Support Units or
SSU, and National Coast Guard)

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 339,218 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 171,705 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $11.2 million (FY97/98)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 0.4% (FY97/98)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: claims the Chagos Archipelago in
UK-administered British Indian Ocean Territory; claims
French-administered Tromelin Island

Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis for the international
drug trade; heroin consumption and transshipment are growing problems

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Geography

Location: Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel,
about one-half of the way from northern Madagascar to northern
Mozambique

Geographic coordinates: 12 50 S, 45 10 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total: 375 sq km
land: 375 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area--comparative: slightly more than twice the size of
Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 185.2 km

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

Climate: tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during
northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to
November)

Terrain: generally undulating, with deep ravines and ancient
volcanic peaks

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Benara 660 m

Natural resources: NEGL

Land use:
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
permanent pa