Sri Lankan rupees (SLRes) per US$1--67.948
(January 1999), 64.593 (1998), 58.995 (1997), 55.271 (1996), 51.252
(1995), 49.415 (1994)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: 352,681 (1997 est.); 114,888 cellular telephone
subscribers (1997 est.)

Telephone system: very inadequate domestic service, but expanding
with the entry of two wireless loop operators and privatization of
national telephone company; good international service
domestic: NA
international: submarine cables to Indonesia and Djibouti; satellite
earth stations--2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 12, FM 5, shortwave 0

Radios: 3.6 million (1996 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 21 (19 network stations, two
low-power stations) (1997)

Televisions: 1.6 million (1996 est.)

Transportation

Railways:
total: 1,501 km
broad gauge: 1,442 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (1995)

Highways:
total: 99,200 km
paved: 39,680 km
unpaved: 59,520 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: 430 km; navigable by shallow-draft craft

Pipelines: crude oil and petroleum products 62 km (1987)

Ports and harbors: Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee

Merchant marine:
total: 22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 178,867 GRT/276,363 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 14, container 1, oil tanker 1,
refrigerated cargo 5 (1998 est.)

Airports: 13 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 12
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 6 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force

Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 5,223,590 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 4,062,758 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 199,196 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $719 million (1998)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 4.2% (1998)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: none

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Geography

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt
and Eritrea

Geographic coordinates: 15 00 N, 30 00 E

Map references: Africa