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are privately owned Highways: total: 29,500 km paved: 2,803 km unpaved: 26,697 km (1996 est.) Waterways: 3,100 km Ports and harbors: Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion Merchant marine: total: 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 30,287 GRT/32,510 DWT ships by type: cargo 15, chemical tanker 1, oil tanker 4, roll-on/roll-off 1 (1998 est.) Airports: 941 (1998 est.) Airports--with paved runways: total: 10 over 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 4 (1998 est.) Airports--with unpaved runways: total: 931 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 29 914 to 1,523 m: 349 under 914 m: 552 (1998 est.) Military Military branches: Army, Navy (includes Naval Air and Marines), Air Force Military manpower--military age: 17 years of age Military manpower--availability: males age 15-49: 1,311,382 (1999 est.) Military manpower--fit for military service: males age 15-49: 947,347 (1999 est.) Military manpower--reaching military age annually: males: 55,065 (1999 est.) Military expenditures--dollar figure: $125 million (1998) Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 1.4% (1998) Transnational Issues Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; transshipment country for Bolivian cocaine headed for Europe and the US ====================================================================== @Peru ---- Geography Location: Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador Geographic coordinates: 10 00 S, 76 00 W Map references: South America Area: total: 1,285,220 sq km land: 1.28 million sq km water: 5,220 sq km Area--comparative: slightly smaller than Alaska Land boundaries: total: 6,940 km border countries: Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km, Colombia 2,900 km, Ecuador 1,420 km Coastline: 2,414 km Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200 nm territorial sea: 200 nm Climate: varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west Terrain: western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva) Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m Natural resources: copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash Land use: arable land:
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