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370 km standard gauge: 370 km 1.435-m gauge; note--207 km belong to the Jamaica Railway Corporation in common carrier service, but are no longer operational; the remaining track is privately owned and used to transport bauxite Highways: total: 18,700 km paved: 13,100 km unpaved: 5,600 km (1997 est.) Pipelines: petroleum products 10 km Ports and harbors: Alligator Pond, Discovery Bay, Kingston, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Port Antonio, Rocky Point, Port Esquivel (Longswharf) Merchant marine: total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,478 GRT/5,878 DWT ships by type: oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1998 est.) Airports: 36 (1998 est.) Airports--with paved runways: total: 11 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 5 (1998 est.) Airports--with unpaved runways: total: 25 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 23 (1998 est.) Military Military branches: Jamaica Defense Force (includes Ground Forces, Coast Guard, and Air Wing), Jamaica Constabulary Force Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age Military manpower--availability: males age 15-49: 715,260 (1999 est.) Military manpower--fit for military service: males age 15-49: 503,667 (1999 est.) Military manpower--reaching military age annually: males: 26,108 (1999 est.) Military expenditures--dollar figure: $47.9 million (FY97/98 est.) Military expenditures--percent of GDP: NA% Transnational Issues Disputes--international: none Illicit drugs: transshipment point for cocaine from Central and South America to North America and Europe; illicit cultivation of cannabis; government has an active manual cannabis eradication program ====================================================================== @Jan Mayen --------- Geography Location: Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the Norwegian Sea, northeast of Iceland Geographic coordinates: 71 00 N, 8 00 W Map references: Arctic Region Area: total: 373 sq km land: 373 sq km water: 0 sq km Area--comparative: slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 124.1 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 10 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 4 nm Climate: arctic maritime with freque
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