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СКАЧАТЬ style="font-size:15px;">       service obligation - 18 months (October 2003)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 9,311,747 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 5,675,739 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 373,235 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $2,196.6 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       3.5% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Algeria

      Disputes - international:

       Algeria supports the exiled Sahrawi Polisario Front and rejects

       Moroccan administration of Western Sahara; Algeria's border with

       Morocco remains an irritant to bilateral relations; each nation has

       accused the other of harboring militants and arms smuggling; in an

       attempt to improve relations afer unilaterally imposing a visa

       requirement on Algerians in the early 1990s, Morocco lifted the

       requirement in mid-2004 - a gesture not reciprocated by Algeria;

       Algeria remains concerned about armed bandits operating throughout

       the Sahel who sometimes destabilize southern Algerian towns; dormant

       disputes include Libyan claims of about 32,000 sq km still reflected

       on its maps of southeastern Algeria and the FLN's assertions of a

       claim to Chirac Pastures in southeastern Morocco

      Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 165,000 (Western Saharan Sahrawi, mostly living in Algerian-sponsored camps in the southeastern Algerian town of Tindouf) IDPs: 100,000 - 200,000 (conflict between government forces, Islamic insurgents) (2004)

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      @American Samoa

      Introduction American Samoa

      Background:

       Settled as early as 1000 B.C., Samoa was "discovered" by European

       explorers in the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter

       half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which

       Germany and the US divided the Samoan archipelago. The US formally

       occupied its portion - a smaller group of eastern islands with the

       excellent harbor of Pago Pago - the following year.

      Geography American Samoa

      Location:

       Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half

       way between Hawaii and New Zealand

      Geographic coordinates:

       14 20 S, 170 00 W

      Map references:

       Oceania

      Area:

       total: 199 sq km

       note: includes Rose Island and Swains Island

       water: 0 sq km

       land: 199 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       slightly larger than Washington, DC

      Land boundaries:

       0 km

      Coastline:

       116 km

      Maritime claims:

       territorial sea: 12 nm

       exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

      Climate:

       tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual

       rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season from November to April,

       dry season from May to October; little seasonal temperature variation

      Terrain:

       five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains,

       two coral atolls (Rose Island, Swains Island)

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Lata 966 m

      Natural resources:

       pumice, pumicite

      Land use: arable land: 10% permanent crops: 15% other: 75% (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       NA sq km

      Natural hazards:

       typhoons common from December to March

      Environment - current issues: limited natural fresh water resources; the water division of the government has spent substantial funds in the past few years to improve water catchments and pipelines

      Geography - note:

       Pago Pago has one of the best natural deepwater harbors in the

       South Pacific Ocean, sheltered by shape from rough seas and

       protected by peripheral mountains from high winds; strategic

       location in the South Pacific Ocean

      People American Samoa

      Population:

       57,902 (July 2004 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 36.6% (male 10,983; female 10,208)

       15–64 years: 60.3% (male 18,010; female 16,933)

       65 years and over: 3.1% (male 699; female 1,069) (2004 est.)

      Median age:

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