tems with multiple speakers for program diffusion
6,082,000; international traffic with other former USSR republics and
China carried by landline and microwave, and with other countries by
satellite and through 8 international telecommunications circuits at
the Moscow international gateway switch; satellite earth stations -
INTELSAT and Orbita (TV receive only); new satellite ground station
established at Almaty with Turkish financial help (December 1992) with
2500 channel band width

@Kazakhstan, Defense Forces

Branches:
Army, National Guard, Security Forces (internal and border troops)
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 4,432,716; fit for military service 3,554,209; reach
military age (18) annually 154,989 (1994 est.)
Defense expenditures:
69,326 million rubles, NA% of GDP (forecast for 1993); note -
conversion of the military budget into US dollars using the current
exchange rate could produce misleading results

@Kenya, Geography

Location:
Eastern Africa, bordering the northwestern India Ocean between
Tanzania and Somalia
Map references:
Africa, Standard Time Zones of the World
Area:
total area:
582,650 sq km
land area:
569,250 sq km
comparative area:
slightly more than twice the size of Nevada
Land boundaries:
total 3,446 km, Ethiopia 830 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km,
Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km
Coastline:
536 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
administrative boundary with Sudan does not coincide with
international boundary; possible claim by Somalia based on unification
of ethnic Somalis
Climate:
varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior
Terrain:
low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift Valley;
fertile plateau in west
Natural resources:
gold, limestone, soda ash, salt barytes, rubies, fluorspar, garnets,
wildlife
Land use:
arable land:
3%
permanent crops:
1%
meadows and pastures:
7%
forest and woodland:
4%
other:
85%
Irrigated land:
520 sq km (1989)
Environment:
current issues:
water pollution from urban and industrial wastes; degradation of water
quality from increased use of pesticides and fertilizers;
deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; poaching
natural hazards:
NA
international agreements:
party to - Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine
Life Co