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with runway over 3,659 m; 35 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 65 with runways 1,220-2,439 m _#_Telecommunications: phone density is 10.5 phones per 100 residents (October 1990); 3.1 million subscribers; exchanges are 86% automatic (February 1990); stations--29 AM, 29 FM, 37 (5 Soviet relays) TV; 9.6 million TVs _*_Defense Forces _#_Branches: External Front Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Internal Defense Forces (WOW), Territorial Defense Forces (JOT), Border Guards (WOP), Paramilitary Forces, Civil Defense (OC) _#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 9,571,708; 7,543,565 fit for military service; 302,000 reach military age (19) annually _#_Defense expenditures: 22.3 trillion zlotych, NA% of GDP (1991); note--conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the official administratively set exchange rate would produce misleading results _%_ _@_Portugal _*_Geography _#_Total area: 92,080 km2; land area: 91,640 km2; includes Azores and Madeira Islands _#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Indiana _#_Land boundary: 1,214 km with Spain _#_Coastline: 1,793 km _#_Maritime claims: Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation; Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm; Territorial sea: 12 nm _#_Disputes: sovereignty over Timor Timur (East Timor Province) disputed with Indonesia _#_Climate: maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south _#_Terrain: mountainous north of the Tagus, rolling plains in south _#_Natural resources: fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble _#_Land use: arable land 32%; permanent crops 6%; meadows and pastures 6%; forest and woodland 40%; other 16%; includes irrigated 7% _#_Environment: Azores subject to severe earthquakes _#_Note: Azores and Madeira Islands occupy strategic locations along western sea approaches to Strait of Gibraltar _*_People _#_Population: 10,387,617 (July 1991), growth rate 0.3% (1991) _#_Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1991) _#_Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1991) _#_Net migration rate: 1 migrant/1,000 population (1991) _#_Infant mortality rate: 13 deaths/1,000 live births (1991) _#_Life expectancy at birth: 71 years male, 78 years female (1991) _#_Total fertility rate: 1.5 children born/woman (1991) _#_Nationality: noun--Portuguese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Portuguese _#_Ethn
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