ral American Microwave System;
satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 101, FM 32, shortwave 15 (1998)

Radios: 835,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 6 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions: 640,000 (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 7 (1999)

@Guatemala:Transportation

Railways:
total: 884 km (102 km privately owned)
narrow gauge: 884 km 0.914-m gauge (single track)

Highways:
total: 13,100 km
paved: 3,616 km (including 140 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,484 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable
during high-water season

Pipelines: crude oil 275 km

Ports and harbors: Champerico, Puerto Barrios, Puerto Quetzal, San
Jose, Santo Tomas de Castilla

Merchant marine: none (1999 est.)

Airports: 477 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 2 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 466
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 124
under 914 m: 332 (1999 est.)

@Guatemala:Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force

Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 3,000,599 (2000 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,959,050 (2000 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 137,607 (2000 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $124 million (FY98)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 0.7% (FY98)

@Guatemala:Transnational Issues

Disputes - international: territory in Belize claimed by Guatemala;
precise alignment of boundary in dispute

Illicit drugs: transit country for cocaine shipments; minor producer
of illicit opium poppy and cannabis for the international drug trade;
active eradication program in 1996 effectively eliminated the cannabis
crop; proximity to Mexico makes Guatemala a major staging area for
drugs (cocaine shipments)

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GUERNSEY

@Guernsey:Introduction

Background: The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands
represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy, which
held sway in both France and England. The islands were the only
British soil occupied by German troops in World War II.

@Guernsey:Geography

Location: Western E