000 GRT or over) totaling 1,369 GRT/3,030 DWT

Airports:
total: 13
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 3
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 2
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 6

@Djibouti:Communications

Telephone system: NA telephones; telephone facilities in the city of
Djibouti are adequate as are the microwave radio relay connections to
outlying areas of the country
local: NA
intercity: microwave radio relay network
international: international connections via submarine cable to Saudi
Arabia and by satellite link to other countries; 1 INTELSAT (Indian
Ocean) and 1 ARABSAT earth station

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 1
televisions: NA

@Djibouti:Defense Forces

Branches: Djibouti National Army (includes Navy and Air Force),
National Security Force (Force Nationale de Securite), National Police
Force

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 101,385; males fit for military
service 59,337 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $26 million, NA% of
GDP (1989)

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DOMINICA

@Dominica:Geography

Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North
Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad
and Tobago

Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total area: 750 sq km
land area: 750 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than four times the size of
Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 148 km

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall

Terrain: rugged mountains of volcanic origin

Natural resources: timber

Land use:
arable land: 9%
permanent crops: 13%
meadows and pastures: 3%
forest and woodland: 41%
other: 34%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: flash floods are a constant threat; destructive
hurricanes can be expected during the late summer months
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection,
Whaling

@Dominica:People

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