s and harbors: Burgas, Lom, Nesebur, Ruse, Varna, Vidin

Merchant marine:
total: 89 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,005,092 GRT/1,508,614
DWT
ships by type: bulk 44, cargo 20, chemical tanker 4, container 2,
oil tanker 8, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated
cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-sea passenger 1 (1998 est.)

Airports: 61 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 56
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 19
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
under 914 m: 25 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 4 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border
Troops, Internal Troops

Military manpower--military age: 19 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 2,028,930 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,693,597 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 59,887 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $226.8 million (1997)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 2.2% (1997)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: twenty bilateral agreements remain
unsigned in a dispute over Bulgarian nonrecognition of Macedonian as
a language distinct from Bulgarian

Illicit drugs: major European transshipment point for Southwest
Asian heroin and, to a lesser degree, South American cocaine for the
European market; limited producer of precursor chemicals;
significant producer of amphetamines, much of which are consumed in
the Middle East

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Geography

Location: Western Africa, north of Ghana

Geographic coordinates: 13 00 N, 2 00 W

Map references: Africa

Area:
total: 274,200 sq km
land: 273,800 sq km
water: 400 sq km

Area--comparative: slightly larger than Colorado

Land boundaries:
total: 3,192 km
border countries: Benin 306 km, Ghana 548 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km,
Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

Climate: tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers

Terrain: mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in
west and southeast

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
highest