t marine:
total: 52 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 337,163 GRT/348,749 DWT
ships by type: bulk 4, cargo 22, combination bulk 1, container 5,
oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 12, short-sea passenger 6 (1998
est.)

Airports: 5 (1997 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (1997 est.)

Military

Military branches: Ground Forces, Navy/Coast Guard, Air and Air
Defense Force (not officially sanctioned), Maritime Border Guard,
Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit), Security Forces (internal and
border troops)

Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 349,263 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 274,276 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 10,503 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $70 million (1999)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 1.2% (1999)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: Estonian and Russian negotiators reached
a technical border agreement in December 1996 which has not been
ratified

Illicit drugs: transshipment point for opiates and cannabis from
Southwest Asia and the Caucasus via Russia, and cocaine from Latin
America to Western Europe and Scandinavia; possible precursor
manufacturing and/or trafficking

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@Ethiopia
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Introduction

Background: On 28 May 1991 the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary
Democratic Front (EPRDF) toppled the authoritarian government of
MENGISTU Haile-Mariam and took control in Addis Ababa. A new
constitution was promulgated in December 1994 and national and
regional popular elections were held in May and June 1995.

Geography

Location: Eastern Africa, west of Somalia

Geographic coordinates: 8 00 N, 38 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total: 1,127,127 sq km
land: 1,119,683 sq km
water: 7,444 sq km

Area--comparative: slightly less than twice the size of Texas

Land boundaries:
total: 5,311 km
border countries: Djibouti 337 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 830 km,
Somalia 1,626 km, Sudan 1,606 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

Climate: tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation

Terrain: high