2,438 to 3,047 m: 26
1,524 to 2,437 m: 58
914 to 1,523 m: 45
under 914 m: 7 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 1,233
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 67
914 to 1,523 m: 621
under 914 m: 541 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Argentine Army, Navy of the Argentine Republic
(includes Naval Aviation, Marines, and Coast Guard), Argentine Air
Force, National Gendarmerie, National Aeronautical Police Force

Military manpower--military age: 20 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 9,169,681 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 7,435,551 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 343,038 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $4.6 billion (1998)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 1.4% (1998)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: short section of the southwestern
boundary with Chile is indefinite--process to resolve boundary issues
is underway; claims UK-administered Falkland Islands (Islas
Malvinas); claims UK-administered South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands; territorial claim in Antarctica

Illicit drugs: increasing use as a transshipment country for
cocaine headed for Europe and the US; increasing money-laundering
center

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Introduction

Background: Armenia was one of the 15 successor republics to the
USSR in December 1991. Its leaders remain preoccupied by the long
conflict with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. Although
a cease-fire has been in effect since May 1994, the sides have not
made substantial progress toward a peaceful resolution. In January
1998, differences between President TER-PETROSSIAN and members of
his cabinet over the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process came to a head.
With the prime minister, defense minister, and security minister
arrayed against him, an isolated TER-PETROSSIAN resigned the
presidency on 3 February 1998. Prime Minister Robert KOCHARIAN was
elected president in March 1998. Concerns about Armenia's economic
performance have continued since 1997 with a slowdown in growth and
the serious impact of the 1998 financial crisis in Russia.

Geography

Location: Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey