32 km
paved: 33,904 km (including 276 km expressways)
unpaved: earth 3,028 km (1992)

Inland waterways: 470 km (1987)

Pipelines: crude oil 193 km; petroleum products 525 km; natural gas
1,400 km (1992)

Ports: Burgas, Lom, Nesebur, Ruse, Varna, Vidin

Merchant marine:
total: 109 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,191,231 GRT/1,762,461
DWT
ships by type: bulk 47, cargo 29, chemical carrier 4, container 2, oil
tanker 15, passenger-cargo 2, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off
cargo 6, short-sea passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 1
note: Bulgaria owns 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 12,960 DWT
operating under Liberian registry

Airports:
total: 355
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 17
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
with paved runways under 914 m: 88
with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 10
with unpaved runways under 914 m: 226

@Bulgaria:Communications

Telephone system: 2,600,000 telephones; 29 telephones/100 persons
(1992); extensive but antiquated transmission system of coaxial cable
and microwave radio relay; direct dialing to 36 countries; telephone
service is available in most villages; almost two-thirds of the lines
are residential; 67% of Sofia households have phones (November 1988)
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: 1 earth station using Intersputnik; INTELSAT link used
through a Greek earth station

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 20, FM 15, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 29 (Russian repeater in Sofia 1)
televisions: 2.1 million (May 1990)

@Bulgaria:Defense Forces

Branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border Troops,
Internal Troops

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 2,171,414; males fit for
military service 1,810,989; males reach military age (19) annually
69,200 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: 13 billion leva, NA% of GDP (1994 est.); note -
conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current
exchange rate could produce misleading results

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BURKINA

@Burkina:Geography

Location: Western Africa, north of Ghana

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 274,200 sq km
land area: 273,800 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Colorado

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