ba, Khartoum, Kusti, Malakal, Nimule, Port Sudan, Sawakin

Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 20,466 GRT/26,973 DWT
by type: livestock carrier 1, roll on/roll off 2
registered in other countries: 4 (2004 est.)

Airports:
63 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 12
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 63
914 to 1,523 m: 33
under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

Heliports:
2 (2003 est.)

Military Sudan

Military branches:
Sudanese People's Armed Forces (SPAF), Navy, Air Force, Popular
Defense Forces

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18-30 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript
service obligation - 3 years (August 2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 9,339,775 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 5,743,783 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 442,242 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$581 million (2001 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.5% (1999)

Transnational Issues Sudan

Disputes - international:
the north-south civil war has affected Sudan's neighbors by drawing
them into the fighting and by forcing them to provide shelter to
refugees, to contend with infiltration by rebel groups, and to serve
as mediators; Sudan has provided shelter to Ugandan refugees and
cover to Lord's Resistance Army soldiers; Sudan accuses Eritrea of
supporting Sudanese rebel groups; efforts to demarcate the porous
boundary with Ethiopia have been delayed by fighting in Sudan;
Kenya's administrative boundary still extends into the Sudan,
creating the "Ilemi Triangle"; Egypt and Sudan retain claims to
administer the triangular areas that extend north and south of the
1899 Treaty boundary along the 22nd Parallel, but have withdrawn
their military presence; Egypt is economically developing and
currently effectively administers the "Hala'ib Triangle" north of
the Treaty Line; Sudan has pledged to work with the Central African
Republic to stem violent skirmishes over water and grazing among
related pastoral populations along the border

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 108,251 (Eritrea),