ips by type: bulk 2, cargo 12, container 1, oil tanker 3,
refrigerated cargo 8

Airports:
total: 14
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 7
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1

@Sri Lanka:Communications

Telephone system: 114,000 telephones (1982); very inadequate domestic
service, good international service
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: submarine cables extend to Indonesia and Djibouti; 2
INTELSAT (Indian Ocean) earth stations

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 12, FM 5, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 5
televisions: NA

@Sri Lanka:Defense Forces

Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 4,990,661; males fit for
military service 3,888,372; males reach military age (18) annually
178,926 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $412 million, 3.6% of
GDP (1994)

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SUDAN

@Sudan:Geography

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and
Eritrea

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 2,505,810 sq km
land area: 2.376 million sq km
comparative area: slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US

Land boundaries: total 7,687 km, Central African Republic 1,165 km,
Chad 1,360 km, Egypt 1,273 km, Eritrea 605 km, Ethiopia 1,606 km,
Kenya 232 km, Libya 383 km, Uganda 435 km, Zaire 628 km

Coastline: 853 km

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 18 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: administrative boundary with Kenya does not
coincide with international boundary; administrative boundary with
Egypt does not coincide with international boundary creating the
"Hala'ib Triangle," a barren area of 20,580 sq km, tensions over this
disputed area began to escalate in 1992 and remain high

Climate: tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season (April
to October)

Terrain: generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in east and west

Natural resources: small reserves of petroleum, iron ore, copper,
chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold

Land use:
arable land: 5%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 24%
forest and woodland: 20%
other: 51%

Irrigated land: 18,900 sq km (1989