The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      Railways:

       total: 3,380 km (2,459 km electrified; 2,563 km double track)

       standard gauge: 3,380 km 1.435-m gauge (1996)

      Highways:

       total: 143,175 km

       paved: 143,175 km (including 1,674 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 0 km (1996 est.)

      Waterways: 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use)

      Pipelines: crude oil 161 km; petroleum products 1,167 km; natural

       gas 3,300 km

      Ports and harbors: Antwerp (one of the world's busiest ports),

       Brugge, Gent, Hasselt, Liege, Mons, Namur, Oostende, Zeebrugge

      Merchant marine:

       total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 35,668 GRT/56,412 DWT

       ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 8, chemical tanker 8, oil tanker 6

       (1998 est.)

      Airports: 42 (1998 est.)

      Airports—with paved runways: total: 24 over 3,047 m: 6 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 6 (1998 est.)

      Airports—with unpaved runways: total: 18 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 16 (1998 est.)

      Heliports: 1 (1998 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie

      Military manpower—military age: 19 years of age

      Military manpower—availability:

       males age 15–49: 2,537,544 (1999 est.)

      Military manpower—fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 2,098,883 (1999 est.)

      Military manpower—reaching military age annually:

       males: 64,180 (1999 est.)

      Military expenditures—dollar figure: $4.6 billion (1995)

      Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 1.7% (1995)

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes—international: none

      Illicit drugs: source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for cocaine, heroin, hashish, and marijuana entering Western Europe

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      @Belize———

      Geography

      Location: Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between

       Guatemala and Mexico

      Geographic coordinates: 17 15 N, 88 45 W

      Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

      Area:

       total: 22,960 sq km

       land: 22,800 sq km

       water: 160 sq km

      Area—comparative: slightly smaller than Massachusetts

      Land boundaries: total: 516 km border countries: Guatemala 266 km, Mexico 250 km

      Coastline: 386 km

      Maritime claims:

       exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

       territorial sea: 12 nm in the north, 3 nm in the south; note—from

       the mouth of the Sarstoon River to Ranguana Cay, Belize's

       territorial sea is 3 nm; according to Belize's Maritime Areas Act,

       1992, the purpose of this limitation is to provide a framework for

       the negotiation of a definitive agreement on territorial differences

       with Guatemala

      Climate: tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to

       February)

      Terrain: flat, swampy coastal plain; low mountains in south

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Victoria Peak 1,160 m

      Natural resources: arable land potential, timber, fish

      Land use:

       arable land: 2%

       permanent crops: 1%

       permanent pastures: 2%

       forests and woodland: 92%

       other: 3% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 20 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: frequent, devastating hurricanes (September to

       December) and coastal flooding (especially in south)

      Environment—current issues: deforestation; water pollution from

       sewage, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff; Hurricane Mitch

       damage

      Environment—international agreements:

       party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertication, Endangered

       Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection,

       Marine Dumping, Ship Pollution, Whaling

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography—note: national capital moved 80 km inland from Belize

       City to Belmopan because of hurricanes; only country in Central

       America without a coastline on the North Pacific Ocean

      People

      Population: 235,789 (July 1999 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 42% (male 49,991; female 48,074)

       15–64 years: 55% (male 65,507; female 63,796)

       65 years and over: 3% (male 4,129; female 4,292) (1999 est.)

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