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00 km; petroleum products 10,150 km; natural gas 13,254 km; petrochemical 1,400 km Ports and harbors: Acapulco, Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, La Paz, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz Merchant marine: total: 52 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 852,004 GRT/1,236,475 DWT ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, container 4, liquefied gas tanker 7, oil tanker 28, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3, short-sea passenger 3 (1998 est.) Airports: 1,805 (1998 est.) Airports--with paved runways: total: 232 over 3,047 m: 10 2,438 to 3,047 m: 27 1,524 to 2,437 m: 91 914 to 1,523 m: 78 under 914 m: 26 (1998 est.) Airports--with unpaved runways: total: 1,573 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 63 914 to 1,523 m: 468 under 914 m: 1,040 (1998 est.) Heliports: 1 (1998 est.) Military Military branches: National Defense Secretariat (includes Army and Air Force), Navy Secretariat (includes Naval Air and Marines) Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age Military manpower--availability: males age 15-49: 25,675,266 (1999 est.) Military manpower--fit for military service: males age 15-49: 18,675,524 (1999 est.) Military manpower--reaching military age annually: males: 1,085,042 (1999 est.) Military expenditures--dollar figure: $6 billion (1998) Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 1.3% (1998) Transnational Issues Disputes--international: none Illicit drugs: illicit cultivation of opium poppy (cultivation in 1998--5,500 hectares; potential production--60 metric tons) and cannabis cultivation in 1998--4,600 hectares; government eradication efforts have been key in keeping illicit crop levels low; major supplier of heroin and marijuana to the US market; continues as the primary transshipment country for US-bound cocaine from South America; involved in the production and distribution of methamphetamines ====================================================================== @Micronesia, Federated States of ------------------------------- Geography Location: Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia Geographic coordinates: 6 55 N, 158 15 E Map references: Oceania Area: total: 702 sq km land: 702 sq km
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