roll-off cargo 14, short-sea passenger
3, specialized tanker 2
note: many Dutch-owned ships are also registered on the Netherlands
Antilles register

Airports:
total: 29
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3
with paved runways under 914 m: 8
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3

@Netherlands:Communications

Telephone system: 9,418,000 telephones; highly developed, well
maintained, and integrated; extensive redundant system of
multiconductor cables, supplemented by microwave radio relay links
local: nationwide mobile phone system
intercity: microwave radio relay
international: 5 submarine cables; 3 INTELSAT (1 Indian Ocean and 2
Atlantic Ocean) and 1 EUTELSAT earth station

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 3 (relays 3), FM 12 (repeaters 39), shortwave 0

radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 8 (repeaters 7)
televisions: NA

@Netherlands:Defense Forces

Branches: Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes
Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force,
Royal Constabulary

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 4,177,555; males fit for
military service 3,656,529; males reach military age (20) annually
94,771 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $7.1 billion, 2.2% of
GDP (1994)

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NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

(part of the Dutch realm)

@Netherlands Antilles:Geography

Location: Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea - one
includes Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela and the other is east
of the Virgin Islands

Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total area: 960 sq km
land area: 960 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than 5.5 times the size of Washington,
DC
note: includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint
Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin)

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 364 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds

Terrain: generally hilly, volcanic interiors

Natural resources: phosphates (Curacao only), salt (Bonaire only)

Land use:
arable land: 8%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: