480 km; natural
gas 4,010 km

Ports and harbors: Amuay, Bajo Grande, El Tablazo, La Guaira, La
Salina, Maracaibo, Matanzas, Palua, Puerto Cabello, Puerto la Cruz,
Puerto Ordaz, Puerto Sucre, Punta Cardon

Merchant marine:
total: 32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 535,882 GRT/937,461 DWT
ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 9, combination bulk 1, liquefied gas
tanker 2, oil tanker 8, passenger-cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 5,
short-sea passenger 1 (1998 est.)

Airports: 371 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 122
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 32
914 to 1,523 m: 59
under 914 m: 16 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 249
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 94
under 914 m: 145 (1998 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: National Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas
Nacionales or FAN) includes Ground Forces or Army (Fuerzas
Terrestres or Ejercito), Naval Forces (Fuerzas Navales or Armada),
Air Force (Fuerzas Aereas or Aviacion), Armed Forces of Cooperation
or National Guard (Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperacion or Guardia
Nacional)

Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 6,268,982 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 4,522,757 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 242,362 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $1.1 billion (1998)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 1% (1998)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: claims all of Guyana west of the
Essequibo River; maritime boundary dispute with Colombia in the Gulf
of Venezuela

Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis, opium, and coca leaf
for the international drug trade on a small scale; however, large
quantities of cocaine and heroin transit the country from Colombia
bound for US and Europe; important money-laundering hub; active
eradication program primarily targeting opium

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Geography

Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf
of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia

Geographic coordinates: 16 00 N, 106 00 E

Map references: Southeast Asia

Area:
total: 329,560 sq km