d:Communications

Telephone system: 739,500 telephones (1987); service to general public
inadequate; bulk of service to government activities provided by
multichannel cable and microwave radio relay network
local: NA
intercity: microwave radio relay and multichannel cable; domestic
satellite system being developed
international: 2 INTELSAT (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) earth
stations

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 200 (in government-controlled network), FM 100
(in government-controlled network), shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 11 (in government-controlled network)
televisions: NA

@Thailand:Defense Forces

Branches: Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Navy (includes Royal Thai Marine
Corps), Royal Thai Air Force, Paramilitary Forces

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 17,297,854; males fit for
military service 10,489,564; males reach military age (18) annually
585,009 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $4.0 billion, 2.5% of
GNP (FY94/95)

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TOGO

@Togo:Geography

Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between
Benin and Ghana

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 56,790 sq km
land area: 54,390 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than West Virginia

Land boundaries: total 1,647 km, Benin 644 km, Burkina 126 km, Ghana
877 km

Coastline: 56 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 30 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north

Terrain: gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern
plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes

Natural resources: phosphates, limestone, marble

Land use:
arable land: 25%
permanent crops: 1%
meadows and pastures: 4%
forest and woodland: 28%
other: 42%

Irrigated land: 70 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:
current issues: deforestation attributable to slash-and-burn
agriculture and the use of wood for fuel; recent droughts affecting
agriculture
natural hazards: hot, dry harmattan wind can reduce visibility in
north during winter; periodic droughts
international agreements: party to - Endangered Species, Law of the
Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,
Tropical Timber 83; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity,