rated cargo 2,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

Airports:
total: 57
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 2
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 7
with paved runways under 914 m: 31
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3

@Israel:Communications

Telephone system: 1,800,000 telephones; most highly developed in the
Middle East although not the largest
local: NA
intercity: good system of coaxial cable and microwave radio relay
international: 3 submarine cables; 3 INTELSAT (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1
Indian Ocean) earth stations

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 9, FM 45, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 20
televisions: NA

@Israel:Defense Forces

Branches: Israel Defense Forces (includes ground, naval, and air
components), Pioneer Fighting Youth (Nahal), Frontier Guard, Chen
(women); note - historically there have been no separate Israeli
military services

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,309,502; females age 15-49
1,283,923; males fit for military service 1,072,501; females fit for
military service 1,047,575; males reach military age (18) annually
47,950; females reach military age (18) annually 45,839 (1995 est.)
note: military service mandatory for men and women

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $6.5 billion, about
10% of GDP (1995)

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ITALY

@Italy:Geography

Location: Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central
Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia

Map references: Europe

Area:
total area: 301,230 sq km
land area: 294,020 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Arizona
note: includes Sardinia and Sicily

Land boundaries: total 1,899.2 km, Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy
See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 199 km,
Switzerland 740 km

Coastline: 4,996 km

Maritime claims:
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in
south

Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands

Natural resources: mercury, potash, marble, sulfur, dwindling natural
gas and crude oil reserves, fish, coal

Land use:
arable land: 32%
permanent crops: 10%
meadows and