The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 6, FM 7 (and 11 repeaters), shortwave 4 (2001)

      Radios:

       208,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       4 (plus four low-power repeaters) (2001)

      Televisions:

       63,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .ga

      Internet hosts:

       93 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       1 (2001)

      Internet users:

       35,000 (2003)

      Transportation Gabon

      Railways: total: 814 km standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

      Highways: total: 8,464 km paved: 838 km unpaved: 7,626 km (2000 est.)

      Waterways:

       1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2003)

      Pipelines:

       gas 210 km; oil 1,385 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Cap Lopez, Kango, Lambarene, Libreville, Mayumba, Owendo,

       Port-Gentil

      Airports:

       56 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 11 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 45 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 15 under 914 m: 23 (2004 est.)

      Military Gabon

      Military branches:

       Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police

      Military manpower - military age and obligation:

       18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2001)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 314,434 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 162,847 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 13,462 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $149.3 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       2% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Gabon

      Disputes - international:

       creation of a maritime boundary in hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay

       with Equatorial Guinea is hampered by dispute over Mbane Island,

       administered and occupied by Gabon since the 1970s

      This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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      @Gambia, The

      Introduction Gambia, The

      Background:

       The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965; it formed a

       short-lived federation of Senegambia with Senegal between 1982 and

       1989. In 1991 the two nations signed a friendship and cooperation

       treaty. A military coup in 1994 overthrew the president and banned

       political activity, but a 1996 constitution and presidential

       elections, followed by parliamentary balloting in 1997, completed a

       nominal return to civilian rule. The country undertook another round

       of presidential and legislative elections in late 2001 and early

       2002. Yahya A. J. J. JAMMEH, the leader of the coup, has been

       elected president in all subsequent elections.

      Geography Gambia, The

      Location:

       Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and Senegal

      Geographic coordinates:

       13 28 N, 16 34 W

      Map references:

       Africa

      Area:

       total: 11,300 sq km

       land: 10,000 sq km

       water: 1,300 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       slightly less than twice the size of Delaware

      Land boundaries: total: 740 km border countries: Senegal 740 km

      Coastline: 80 km

      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm contiguous zone: 18 nm continental shelf: not specified

      Climate:

       tropical; hot, rainy season (June to November); cooler, dry season

       (November to May)

      Terrain:

       flood plain of the Gambia River flanked by some low hills

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

       highest point: unnamed location 53 m

      Natural resources:

       fish

      Land use: arable land: 25% permanent crops: 0.5% other: 74.5% (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       20 sq km (1998 est.)

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