03 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways:
total: 35,769 km
paved: 4,165 km
unpaved: 31,604 km (1997 est.)

Waterways: 3,700 km navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m;
282 km navigable to craft drawing 1.8 m

Ports and harbors: Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville), Kampot, Krong
Kaoh Kong, Phnom Penh

Merchant marine:
total: 141 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 598,867 GRT/841,240 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 1, bulk 16, cargo 108, container 4,
livestock carrier 2, multifunctional large-load carrier 1, oil
tankers 1, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships of 8 countries:
Aruba 1, Cyprus 7, Egypt 1, South Korea 1, Malta 1, Panama 1, Russia
5, Singapore 1 (1998 est.)

Airports: 20 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 13
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 10 (1998 est.)

Heliports: 3 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF)--created in
1993 by the merger of the Cambodian People's Armed Forces and the
two noncommunist resistance armies
note: there are also resistance forces comprised of the Khmer Rouge
(also known as the National United Army or NUA) and a separate
royalist resistance movement

Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 2,562,112 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,428,523 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 119,839 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $85.3 million (1998)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 2.4% (1998)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: offshore islands and sections of the
boundary with Vietnam are in dispute; maritime boundary with Vietnam
not defined; parts of border with Thailand are indefinite; maritime
boundary with Thailand not clearly defined

Illicit drugs: transshipment site for Golden Triangle heroin;
possible money laundering; narcotics-related corruption reportedly
involving some in the government, military, and police; possible
small-scale opium, heroin, and amphetamine production; large
producer of cannabis for the international market

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