unpaved: 123 km (1996 est.)

Pipelines: crude oil 235 km; natural gas 400 km

Ports and harbors: Doha, Halul Island, Umm Sa'id

Merchant marine:
total: 22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 713,014 GRT/1,112,829
DWT
ships by type: cargo 10, combination ore/oil 2, container 5, oil
tanker 5 (1998 est.)

Airports: 4 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 2 (1998 est.)

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

Heliports: 1 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Public Security

Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 301,451 (1999 est.)
note: includes non-nationals

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 158,114 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 6,125 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $940 million (FY98/99)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 9.6% (FY98/99)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: territorial dispute with Bahrain over the
Hawar Islands and maritime boundary dispute with Bahrain currently
before the International Court of Justice (ICJ); in 1996, agreed
with Saudi Arabia to demarcate border per 1992 accord; that process
is ongoing

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Geography

Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of
Madagascar

Geographic coordinates: 21 06 S, 55 36 E

Map references: World

Area:
total: 2,510 sq km
land: 2,500 sq km
water: 10 sq km

Area--comparative: slightly smaller than Rhode Island

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 201 km

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

Climate: tropical, but temperature moderates with elevation; cool
and dry from May to November, hot and rainy from November to April

Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous; fertile lowlands along
coast

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Piton des Neiges 3,069 m

Natural resources: fish, arable land

Land use:
arable land: 17%
permanent crops: 2%
permanent pastures: 5%
forests and woodland: 35%
other: 41% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land: 60 sq km (1993 est.)

Natural hazards: perio