est.)

Heliports: 1 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force

Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 1,393,986 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 884,093 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 65,224 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $105 million (1998)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 0.9% (1998)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: demarcation of boundary with Honduras
defined by 1992 International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision has
not been completed; small boundary section left unresolved by ICJ
decision not yet reported to have been settled; with respect to the
maritime boundary in the Golfo de Fonseca, ICJ referred to an
earlier agreement in this century and advised that some tripartite
resolution among El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua likely would be
required

Illicit drugs: transshipment point for cocaine; marijuana
produced for local consumption

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@Equatorial Guinea
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Geography

Location: Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between
Cameroon and Gabon

Geographic coordinates: 2 00 N, 10 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total: 28,050 sq km
land: 28,050 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area--comparative: slightly smaller than Maryland

Land boundaries:
total: 539 km
border countries: Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km

Coastline: 296 km

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

Climate: tropical; always hot, humid

Terrain: coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are
volcanic

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m

Natural resources: petroleum, timber, small unexploited deposits
of gold, manganese, uranium

Land use:
arable land: 5%
permanent crops: 4%
permanent pastures: 4%
forests and woodland: 46%
other: 41% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Natural hazards: violent windstorms, flash floods

Environment--current issues: tap water is not potable;
desertification

Environment--international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of
the Sea, Ship Pollut