d runways:
total: 42
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 35 (1994 est.)

Military

Military branches: Ministry of Defense (Army, Air and Air
Defense, Navy, Border Troops, and Internal Troops), National Guard

Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 1,110,606 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 901,735 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 45,050 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $88 million (1998)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 3% (1998)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: Caspian Sea boundaries are not yet
determined among Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and
Turkmenistan

Illicit drugs: limited illicit cultivator of opium poppy, mostly
for domestic consumption; limited government eradication program;
increasingly used as transshipment point for illicit drugs from
Southwest Asia to Russia and Western Europe; also a transshipment
point for acetic anhydride destined for Afghanistan

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@Turks and Caicos Islands
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Geography

Location: Caribbean, two island groups in the North Atlantic
Ocean, southeast of The Bahamas

Geographic coordinates: 21 45 N, 71 35 W

Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total: 430 sq km
land: 430 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area--comparative: 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 389 km

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

Climate: tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and
relatively dry

Terrain: low, flat limestone; extensive marshes and mangrove
swamps

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Hills 49 m

Natural resources: spiny lobster, conch

Land use:
arable land: 2%
permanent crops: NA%
permanent pastures: NA%
forests and woodland: NA%
other: 98% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Natural hazards: frequent hurricanes

Environment--current issues: limited natural fresh water
resources, private cisterns collect rainwater

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

Geography--note: 30 islands (eight inhabited)