Merchant marine:
total: 19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 129,035 GRT/168,032 DWT
ships by type: bulk 6, cargo 5, chemical tanker 4, oil tanker 1,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 1

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

@Tunisia:Communications

Telephone system: 233,000 telephones; 28 telephones/1,000 persons; the
system is above the African average; key centers are Sfax, Sousse,
Bizerte, and Tunis
local: NA
intercity: facilities consist of open-wire lines, coaxial cable, and
microwave radio relay
international: 5 submarine cables; 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) and 1
ARABSAT earth station with back-up control station; coaxial cable and
microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 8, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 19
televisions: NA

@Tunisia:Defense Forces

Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary forces, National Guard

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 2,294,912; males fit for
military service 1,317,642; males reach military age (20) annually
93,601 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $549 million, 3% of
GDP (1994)

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TURKEY

@Turkey:Geography

Location: Southwestern Asia (that part west of the Bosporus is
sometimes included with Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between
Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the
Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria

Map references: Middle East

Area:
total area: 780,580 sq km
land area: 770,760 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Texas

Land boundaries: total 2,627 km, Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km,
Bulgaria 240 km, Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 331
km, Syria 822 km

Coastline: 7,200 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: in Black Sea only - to the maritime boundary
agreed upon with the former USSR
territorial sea: 6 nm in the Aegean Sea, 12 nm in the Black Sea and in
the Mediterranean Sea

International disputes: complex maritime, air and territorial disputes
with Greece in Aegean Sea; Cyprus question;