ed runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 2
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 4
with unpaved runways under 914 m: 5

@Estonia:Communications

Telephone system: about 400,000 telephones; 246 telephones/1,000
persons; telephone system is antiquated; improvements are being made
piecemeal, with emphasis on business needs and international
connections; there are still about 150,000 unfulfilled requests for
telephone service
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: international traffic is carried to the other former
USSR republics by land line or microwave and to other countries partly
by leased connection to the Moscow international gateway switch, and
partly by a new Tallinn-Helsinki fiber optic submarine cable which
gives Estonia access to international circuits everywhere; substantial
investment has been made in cellular systems which are operational
throughout Estonia and also Latvia and which have access to the
international packet switched digital network via Helsinki

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

Television:
broadcast stations: 3; note - provide Estonian programs as well as
Moscow Ostenkino's first and second programs
televisions: NA

@Estonia:Defense Forces

Branches: Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force (not
officially sanctioned), Maritime Border Guard, Volunteer Defense
League (Kaitseliit), Security Forces (internal and border troops),
Coast Guard

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 396,588; males fit for military
service 311,838; males reach military age (18) annually 11,915 (1995
est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $34.1 million, almost
5% of the overall State budget and 1.5% of GDP (1995)

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ETHIOPIA

@Ethiopia:Geography

Location: Eastern Africa, west of Somalia

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: 1,127,127 sq km
land area: 1,119,683 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Texas

Land boundaries: total 5,311 km, Djibouti 337 km, Eritrea 912 km,
Kenya 830 km, Somalia 1,626 km, Sudan 1,606 km

Coastline: none - landlocked

Maritime claims: none; landlocked

International disputes: southern half of the boundary with Somalia is
a Provisional Administrative Line; territorial dispute with Somalia
over the Ogaden

Climate: tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation