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that some are paved and some are all-weather gravel surfaced)
unpaved: 2,370 km (1996 est.)

Pipelines: natural gas 400 km (1992)

Ports and harbors: none

Airports: 59 (1994 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1994 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 45
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 36 (1994 est.)

@Tajikistan:Military

Military branches: Army, Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Presidential
National Guard, Security Forces (internal and border troops)

Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 1,529,832 (2000 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,253,427 (2000 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 68,262 (2000 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $17 million (FY97)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.8% (FY97)

@Tajikistan:Transnational Issues

Disputes - international: portions of the boundary with China are
indefinite; territorial dispute with Kyrgyzstan on northern boundary
in Isfara Valley area

Illicit drugs: limited illicit cultivation of cannabis, mostly for
domestic consumption; opium poppy cultivation negligible in 1998
because of government eradication program; major transshipment point
for illicit drugs from Southwest Asia to Russia and Western Europe

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TANZANIA

@Tanzania:Introduction

Background: Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged
to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end
in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since
the 1970s.

@Tanzania:Geography

Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya
and Mozambique

Geographic coordinates: 6 00 S, 35 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total: 945,087 sq km
land: 886,037 sq km
water: 59,050 sq km
note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar

Area - comparative: slightly larger than twice the size of California

Land boundaries:
total: 3,402 km
border countries: Burundi 451 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km,
Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km

Coastline: 1,424 km

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

Climate: varies from tropical along