o 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 2 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 200
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 73
under 914 m: 99 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Army (Ejercito Peruano), Navy (Marina de
Guerra del Peru; includes Naval Air, Marines, and Coast Guard), Air
Force (Fuerza Aerea del Peru), National Police

Military manpower--military age: 20 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 6,913,471 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 4,657,649 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 268,624 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $913 million (1998);
note--may not include off-budget purchases related to military
modernization program

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 1.4% (1998)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: on 26 October 1998, Peru and Ecuador
concluded treaties on commerce and navigation and on boundary
integration, to complete a package of agreements settling the
long-standing boundary dispute between them; demarcation of the
agreed-upon boundary was scheduled to begin in mid-January 1999

Illicit drugs: until recently the world's largest coca leaf
producer, Peru has reduced the area of coca under cultivation by
26%, from 68,800 hectares in 1997 to 51,000 hectares at the end of
1998; most of cocaine base is shipped to neighboring Colombia and
Brazil for processing into cocaine for the international drug
market, but exports of finished cocaine are increasing

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Geography

Location: Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine
Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam

Geographic coordinates: 13 00 N, 122 00 E

Map references: Southeast Asia

Area:
total: 300,000 sq km
land: 298,170 sq km
water: 1,830 sq km

Area--comparative: slightly larger than Arizona

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 36,289 km

Maritime claims: measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
continental shelf: to depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: irregular polygon extending up to 100 nm from
coastline as defined by 1898 treaty; since late 1970s has also
claime