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53 km _#_Ports: Oslo, Bergen, Fredrikstad, Kristiansand, Stavanger, Trondheim _#_Merchant marine: 867 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,270,845 GRT/41,199,182 DWT; includes 11 passenger, 23 short-sea passenger, 121 cargo, 3 passenger-cargo, 24 refrigerated cargo, 14 container, 50 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 18 vehicle carrier, 1 railcar carrier, 186 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 98 chemical tanker, 69 liquefied gas, 1 specialized tanker, 35 combination ore/oil, 204 bulk, 9 combination bulk; note--the government has created a captive register, the Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS), as a subset of the Norwegian register; ships on the NIS enjoy many benefits of flags of convenience and do not have to be crewed by Norwegians; the majority of ships (777) under the Norwegian flag are now registered with the NIS _#_Civil air: 76 major transport aircraft _#_Airports: 104 total, 103 usable; 64 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m _#_Telecommunications: high-quality domestic and international telephone, telegraph, and telex services; 3,102,000 telephones; stations--8 AM, 46 (1,400 relays) FM, 55 (2,100 relays) TV; 4 coaxial submarine cables; communications satellite earth stations operating in the EUTELSAT, INTELSAT (1 Atlantic Ocean), MARISAT, and domestic systems _*_Defense Forces _#_Branches: Norwegian Army, Royal Norwegian Navy, Royal Norwegian Air Force, Home Guard _#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 1,124,201; 942,158 fit for military service; 31,813 reach military age (20) annually _#_Defense expenditures: $3.3 billion, 3.3% of GDP (1990) _%_ _@_Oman _*_Geography _#_Total area: 212,460 km2; land area: 212,460 km2 _#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Kansas _#_Land boundaries: 1,374 km total; Saudi Arabia 676 km, UAE 410 km, Yemen 288 km _#_Coastline: 2,092 km _#_Maritime claims: Continental shelf: to be defined; Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm; Territorial sea: 12 nm _#_Disputes: Administrative Line with Yemen; no defined boundary with most of UAE, Administrative Line in far north _#_Climate: dry desert; hot, humid along coast; hot, dry interior; strong southwest summer monsoon (May to September) in far south _#_Terrain: vast central desert plain, rugged mountains in north and south _#_Natural resources: crude oil, copper,
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