00 km; petroleum products 10,150 km;
natural gas 13,254 km; petrochemical 1,400 km
Ports and harbors: Acapulco, Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada,
Guaymas, La Paz, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso,
Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz
Merchant marine:
total: 52 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 852,004 GRT/1,236,475
DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, container 4,
liquefied gas tanker 7, oil tanker 28, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3,
short-sea passenger 3 (1998 est.)
Airports: 1,805 (1998 est.)
Airports--with paved runways:
total: 232
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 27
1,524 to 2,437 m: 91
914 to 1,523 m: 78
under 914 m: 26 (1998 est.)
Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 1,573
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 63
914 to 1,523 m: 468
under 914 m: 1,040 (1998 est.)
Heliports: 1 (1998 est.)
Military
Military branches: National Defense Secretariat (includes Army
and Air Force), Navy Secretariat (includes Naval Air and Marines)
Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 25,675,266 (1999 est.)
Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 18,675,524 (1999 est.)
Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 1,085,042 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures--dollar figure: $6 billion (1998)
Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 1.3% (1998)
Transnational Issues
Disputes--international: none
Illicit drugs: illicit cultivation of opium poppy (cultivation in
1998--5,500 hectares; potential production--60 metric tons) and
cannabis cultivation in 1998--4,600 hectares; government eradication
efforts have been key in keeping illicit crop levels low; major
supplier of heroin and marijuana to the US market; continues as the
primary transshipment country for US-bound cocaine from South
America; involved in the production and distribution of
methamphetamines
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Geography
Location: Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about
three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia
Geographic coordinates: 6 55 N, 158 15 E
Map references: Oceania
Area:
total: 702 sq km
land: 702 sq km
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