ed runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 6
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 4
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 9
with unpaved runways under 914 m: 62 (1994 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 1.849 million (1991 est.)

Telephone system: telephone service inadequate for the purposes of
either business or the population; about 70% of the telephones are
in homes; over 750,000 applications from households for telephones
remain unsatisfied (1992 est.); new investment centers on
international connections and business needs
domestic: the new NMT-450 analog cellular system is now operating in
Minsk
international: international traffic is carried by the Moscow
international gateway switch and also by satellite; satellite earth
stations - 1 Intelsat (through Canada) and 1 Eutelsat (through the
UK)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 35, FM 18, shortwave 0

Radios: 3.17 million (1991 est.) (5,615,000 with multiple speaker
systems for program diffusion)

Television broadcast stations: 2 (one national and one private;
the license of the private station was suspended during the
parliamentary elections of 1994)

Televisions: 3.5 million (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Army, Air Force, Air Defense Force, Republic Security
Forces (internal and border troops)

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 2,635,570
males fit for military service: 2,067,676
males reach military age (18) annually: 76,006 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: 892 billion rubels, 1% of GDP (1995); note -
conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current
exchange rate could produce misleading results

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@Belgium
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Map
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Location: 50 50 N, 4 00 E -- Western Europe, bordering the North
Sea, between France and the Netherlands

Flag
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Description: three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side),
yellow, and red; the design was based on the flag of France

Geography
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Location: Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France
and the Netherlands

Geographic coordinates: 50 50 N, 4 00 E

Map references: Europe

Area:
total area: 30,510 sq km
land area: 30,230 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland

Land boundaries:
total: 1,385 km
border countries: France 620 km, Germany 167 km,