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

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      Railways: total: 603 km narrow gauge: 603 km 1.000-m gauge

      Highways: total: 34,100 km paved: 3,000 km unpaved: 31,100 km (1994 est.)

      Waterways: 3,700 km navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m; 282

       km navigable to craft drawing 1.8 m

      Ports: Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville), Kampot, Krong Kaoh Kong,

       Phnom Penh

      Merchant marine:

       total: 5 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,451 GRT/18,280

       DWT (1995 est.)

      Airports:

       total: 14

       with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 2

       with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 2

       with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2

       with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1

       with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 7 (1995 est.)

      Heliports: 2 (1995 est.)

      Communications———————

      Telephones: 7,000 (1981 est.)

      Telephone system: service barely adequate for government

       requirements and virtually nonexistent for general public

       domestic: NA

       international: landline international service limited to Vietnam and

       other adjacent countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik

       (Indian Ocean Region)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 1 (1986 est.)

      Televisions: 70,000 (1993 est.)

      Defense———

      Branches:

       Khmer Royal Armed Forces (KRAF): created in 1993 by the merger of

       the Cambodian People's Armed Forces and the two noncommunist

       resistance armies; note - the KRAF is also known as the Royal

       Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF)

       Resistance forces: National Army of Democratic Kampuchea (Khmer

       Rouge)

      Manpower availability: males age 15–49: 2,336,606 males fit for military service: 1,302,234 males reach military age (18) annually: 79,514 (1996 est.)

      Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $85 million, 1.4% of GDP (1995)

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      @Cameroon————

      Map—

      Location: 6 00 N, 12 00 E—Western Africa, bordering the North

       Atlantic Ocean, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria

      Flag——

      Description: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), red, and yellow with a yellow five-pointed star centered in the red band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

      Geography————

      Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,

       between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria

      Geographic coordinates: 6 00 N, 12 00 E

      Map references: Africa

      Area:

       total area: 475,440 sq km

       land area: 469,440 sq km

       comparative area: slightly larger than California

      Land boundaries:

       total: 4,591 km

       border countries: Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km,

       Congo 523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298 km, Nigeria 1,690

       km

      Coastline: 402 km

      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 50 nm

      International disputes: demarcation of international boundaries in vicinity of Lake Chad, the lack of which led to border incidents in the past, is completed and awaits ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria; dispute with Nigeria over land and maritime boundaries in the vicinity of the Bakasi Peninsula has been referred to the International Court of Justice

      Climate: varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north

      Terrain: diverse, with coastal plain in southwest, dissected plateau in center, mountains in west, plains in north lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Fako 4,095 m

      Natural resources: petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber,

       hydropower potential

      Land use:

       arable land: 13%

       permanent crops: 2%

       meadows and pastures: 18%

       forest and woodland: 54%

       other: 13%

      Irrigated land: 280 sq km (1989 est.)

      Environment:

       current issues: water-borne diseases are prevalent; deforestation;

       overgrazing; desertification; poaching; overfishing

       natural hazards: recent volcanic activity with release of poisonous

       gases

       international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,

       Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical

       Timber 83; signed, but not ratified - Desertification, Nuclear Test

       Ban, Tropical Timber 94

      Geographic note: sometimes referred to as the hinge of Africa

      People———

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