ceangoing vessels with
drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many of the principal waterways
Ports:
Paramaribo, Moengo, Nieuw Nickerie
Merchant marine:
3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,472 GRT/8,914 DWT, cargo 2,
container 1
Airports:
total:
46
usable:
38
with permanent-surface runways:
5
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
1
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
3
Telecommunications:
international facilities good; domestic microwave system; 27,500
telephones; broadcast stations - 5 AM, 14 FM, 6 TV, 1 shortwave; 2
Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations

@Suriname, Defense Forces

Branches:
National Army (including Navy which is company-size, small Air Force
element), Civil Police
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 113,963; fit for military service 67,648
Defense expenditures:
$NA, NA% of GDP

@Svalbard

Header
Affiliation:
(territory of Norway)

@Svalbard, Geography

Location:
Nordic State, Northern Europe in the Arctic Ocean where the Arctic
Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea meet, 445 km
north of Norway
Map references:
Arctic Region, Asia, Standard Time Zones of the World
Area:
total area:
62,049 sq km
land area:
62,049 sq km
comparative area:
slightly smaller than West Virginia
note:
includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
3,587 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone:
200 nm unilaterally claimed by Norway but not recognized by Russia
territorial sea:
4 nm
International disputes:
focus of maritime boundary dispute in the Barents Sea between Norway
and Russia
Climate:
arctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool summers, cold
winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west and north coasts of
Spitsbergen, keeping water open and navigable most of the year
Terrain:
wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; west coast
clear of ice about half the year; fjords along west and north coasts
Natural resources:
coal, copper, iron ore, phosphate, zinc, wildlife, fish
Land use:
arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
meadows and pastures:
0%
forest and woodland:
0%
other:
100% (no trees and the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry)
Irrigated land:
NA sq km
Environment:
current issues:
NA
natural hazards:
ice floes often block up the entrance to Bellsund (a transit point for