armerie

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 1,964,118 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,000,204 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $92 million (1999)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 3.8% (1999)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: Rwandan military forces are supporting
the rebel forces in the civil war in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo

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@Saint Helena
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Geography

Location: islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about mid-way
between South America and Africa

Geographic coordinates: 15 56 S, 5 42 W

Map references: Africa

Area:
total: 410 sq km
land: 410 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Ascension, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island,
Nightingale Island, and Tristan da Cunha Island

Area--comparative: slightly more than two times the size of
Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 60 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate: Saint Helena--tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade
winds; Tristan da Cunha--temperate; marine, mild, tempered by trade
winds (tends to be cooler than Saint Helena)

Terrain: Saint Helena--rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus
and plains
note: the other islands of the group have a volcanic origin

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m

Natural resources: fish

Land use:
arable land: 6%
permanent crops: NA%
permanent pastures: 6%
forests and woodland: 6%
other: 82% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Natural hazards: active volcanism on Tristan da Cunha

Environment--current issues: NA

Environment--international agreements:
party to: NA
signed, but not ratified: NA

Geography--note: Napoleon Bonaparte's place of exile and burial
(his remains were taken to Paris in 1840); harbors at least 40
species of plants unknown anywhere else in the world; Ascension is a
breeding ground for sea turtles and sooty terns

People

Population: 7,145 (July 1999 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 20% (male 713; female 690)
15-64 years: 72% (male 2,664; female 2,449)
65 years and over: 8% (male 259; female 370) (1999 est.)

Population growth rate: