s the Isthmus of
Corinth connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf and
shortens the sea voyage from the Adriatic to Piraievs (Piraeus) by 325
km; and three unconnected rivers

Pipelines: crude oil 26 km; petroleum products 547 km

Ports: Alexandroupolis, Elevsis, Iraklion (Crete), Kavala, Kerkira,
Khalkis, Igoumenitsa, Lavrion, Patrai, Piraievs (Piraeus),
Thessaloniki, Volos

Merchant marine:
total: 1,046 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 29,076,911
GRT/53,618,024 DWT
ships by type: bulk 469, cargo 105, chemical tanker 22, combination
bulk 21, combination ore/oil 31, container 40, liquefied gas tanker 5,
oil tanker 239, passenger 14, passenger-cargo 3, refrigerated cargo
10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 16, short-sea passenger 67, specialized
tanker 3, vehicle carrier 1
note: ethnic Greeks also own 125 ships under Liberian registry, 323
under Panamanian, 705 under Cypriot, 351 under Maltese, and 100 under
Bahamian

Airports:
total: 79
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 5
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 15
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 17
with paved runways under 914 m: 22
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3

@Greece:Communications

Telephone system: 4,080,000 telephones; adequate, modern networks
reach all areas; microwave radio relay carries most traffic; extensive
open-wire network; submarine cables to off-shore islands
local: NA
intercity: microwave radio relay and open wire
international: tropospheric links, 8 submarine cables; 2 INTELSAT (1
Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 EUTELSAT ground station

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 29, FM 17 (repeaters 20), shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 361
televisions: NA

@Greece:Defense Forces

Branches: Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force, National
Guard, Police

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 2,676,152; males fit for
military service 2,046,996; males reach military age (21) annually
75,857 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $4.1 billion, 5.4% of
GDP (1994)

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GREENLAND

(part of the Danish realm)

@Greenland:Geography

Location: Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and
the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada

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