The 1996 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 2,560 km paved: 336 km unpaved: 2,224 km (1987 est.)

      Waterways: 825 km river network used by shallow-draft craft; seasonally navigable

      Ports: Belize City, Big Creek, Corozol, Punta Gorda

      Merchant marine:

       total: 89 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 311,731 GRT/470,272 DWT

       ships by type: bulk 9, cargo 60, container 6, liquefied gas tanker

       1, oil tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4,

       specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1 (1995 est.)

      Airports:

       total: 35

       with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1

       with paved runways under 914 m: 25

       with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1

       with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 8 (1995 est.)

      Communications———————

      Telephones: 15,917 (1990 est.)

      Telephone system: above-average system domestic: trunk network depends primarily on microwave radio relay international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 1

      Televisions: 27,048 (1993 est.)

      Defense———

      Branches: Belize Defense Force (includes Army, Navy, Air Force,

       and Volunteer Guard), Belize National Police

      Manpower availability: males age 15–49: 52,290 males fit for military service: 31,086 males reach military age (18) annually: 2,390 (1996 est.)

      Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $8.1 million, NA% of GDP (FY95/96)

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      @Benin——

      Map—

      Location: 9 30 N, 2 15 E—Western Africa, bordering the North

       Atlantic Ocean, between Nigeria and Togo

      Flag——

      Description: two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and red

       with a vertical green band on the hoist side

      Geography————

      Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,

       between Nigeria and Togo

      Geographic coordinates: 9 30 N, 2 15 E

      Map references: Africa

      Area:

       total area: 112,620 sq km

       land area: 110,620 sq km

       comparative area: slightly smaller than Pennsylvania

      Land boundaries:

       total: 1,989 km

       border countries: Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km,

       Togo 644 km

      Coastline: 121 km

      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 200 nm

      International disputes: none

      Climate: tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north

      Terrain: mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low

       mountains

       lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Mount Tanekas 641 m

      Natural resources: small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble,

       timber

      Land use:

       arable land: 12%

       permanent crops: 4%

       meadows and pastures: 4%

       forest and woodland: 35%

       other: 45%

      Irrigated land: 60 sq km (1989 est.)

      Environment:

       current issues: recent droughts have severely affected marginal

       agriculture in north; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching

       threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification

       natural hazards: hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north in

       winter

       international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,

       Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Nuclear Test Ban,

       Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified - Desertification,

       Law of the Sea

      Geographic note: no natural harbors

      People———

      Population: 5,709,529 (July 1996 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 48% (male 1,376,531; female 1,367,394)

       15–64 years: 50% (male 1,349,386; female 1,480,251)

       65 years and over: 2% (male 60,030; female 75,937) (July 1996 est.)

      Population growth rate: 3.32% (1996 est.)

      Birth rate: 46.76 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Death rate: 13.53 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

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