, Progreso,
Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz

Merchant marine:
total: 46 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 633,219 GRT/970,947 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, liquified gas 4,
petroleum tanker 29, roll-on/roll-off 3, short-sea passenger 3 (1999
est.)

Airports: 1,806 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 233
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 28
1,524 to 2,437 m: 87
914 to 1,523 m: 81
under 914 m: 27 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1,573
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 63
914 to 1,523 m: 473
under 914 m: 1,035 (1999 est.)

Heliports: 2 (1999 est.)

@Mexico:Military

Military branches: National Defense Secretariat (includes Army and Air
Force), Navy Secretariat (includes Naval Air and Marines)

Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age
note: starting in 2000, females will be allowed to volunteer for
military service

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 26,171,141 (2000 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 19,022,012 (2000 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 1,073,809 (2000 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $4 billion (FY99)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1% (FY99)

@Mexico:Transnational Issues

Disputes - international: none

Illicit drugs: illicit cultivation of opium poppy (cultivation in 1998
- 5,500 hectares; potential production - 60 metric tons) and cannabis
cultivation in 1998 - 4,600 hectares; government eradication efforts
have been key in keeping illicit crop levels low; major supplier of
heroin and marijuana to the US market; continues as the primary
transshipment country for US-bound cocaine from South America;
involved in the production and distribution of methamphetamines;
upsurge in drug-related violence and official corruption; major drug
syndicates growing more powerful

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MICRONESIA

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MIDWAY ISLANDS

@Midway Islands:Geography

Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-third
of the way from Honolulu to Tokyo

Geographic coordinates: 28 13 N, 177 22 W

Map references: Oceania

Area:
total: 6.2 sq km
land: 6.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Eastern Island, Sand Island, and Spit Islan