3 est.)

Transportation

Railways:
total: 166 km (single track)
standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 86 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways:
total: 4,530 km
paved: 1,178 km
unpaved: 3,352 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: 1,200 km; most important means of transport;
oceangoing vessels with drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many
of the principal waterways

Ports and harbors: Albina, Moengo, New Nickerie, Paramaribo,
Paranam, Wageningen

Airports: 46 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1
under 914 m: 4 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 41
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 34 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: National Army (includes small Navy and Air
Force elements), Civil Police

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 118,686 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 69,842 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $8.5 million (1997 est.)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 1.6% (1997 est.)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: claims area in French Guiana between
Litani Rivier and Riviere Marouini (both headwaters of the Lawa
Rivier); claims area in Guyana between New (Upper Courantyne) and

Illicit drugs: transshipment point for South American drugs
destined mostly for Europe

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@Svalbard
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Geography

Location: Northern Europe, islands between the Arctic Ocean,
Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea, north of Norway

Geographic coordinates: 78 00 N, 20 00 E

Map references: Arctic Region

Area:
total: 62,049 sq km
land: 62,049 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)

Area--comparative: slightly smaller than West Virginia

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 3,587 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm unilaterally claimed by Norway but
not recognized by Russia
territorial sea: 4 nm

Climate: arctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool
summers, cold winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west and
north coasts of Spitsbergen, keeping water open and navigable most
of the year

Terrain: wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered;
west coast clear of ice about one-half of the year; fj