ilroads:
total: 490 km (single track); note - three rail systems owned and
operated by foreign steel and financial interests in conjunction with
Liberian Government; one of these, the Lamco Railroad, closed in 1989
after iron ore production ceased; the other two have been shut down by
the civil war
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge

Highways:
total: 10,087 km
paved: 603 km
unpaved: gravel 5,171 km (includes 2,323 km of private roads of rubber
and timber firms, open to the public); earth 4,313 km

Ports: Buchanan, Greenville, Harper, Monrovia

Merchant marine:
total: 1,549 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 56,709,634
GRT/97,038,680 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 3, bulk 392, cargo 121, chemical tanker
114, combination bulk 33, combination ore/oil 57, container 124,
liquefied gas tanker 75, oil tanker 459, passenger 32, passenger-cargo
1, refrigerated cargo 58, roll-on/roll-off cargo 18, short-sea
passenger 1, specialized tanker 7, vehicle carrier 54
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes 53 countries; the 10
major fleet flags are: United States 232 ships, Japan 190, Norway 166,
Greece 125, Germany 125, United Kingdom 102, Hong Kong 95, China 45,
Russia 41, and the Netherlands 34

Airports:
total: 59
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 43
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 3
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 11

@Liberia:Communications

Telephone system: NA telephones; telephone and telegraph service via
radio relay network; main center is Monrovia; most telecommunications
services inoperable due to insurgency movement
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth station

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 5
televisions: NA

@Liberia:Defense Forces

Branches: NA; the ultimate structure of the Liberian military force
will depend on who is the victor in the ongoing civil war

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 732,063; males fit for military
service 390,849 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $30 million, 2% of
GDP (1994)

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LIBYA

@Libya:Geography

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between
Egypt and