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      Ports and harbors: Abenra, Alborg, Arhus, Copenhagen, Esbjerg,

       Fredericia, Kolding, Odense, Roenne (Bornholm), Vejle

      Merchant marine: total: 301 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,258,959 GRT/8,143,520 DWT note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 1, Greenland 1, Indonesia 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 9, United Kingdom 1 (2002 est.) ships by type: bulk 8, cargo 105, chemical tanker 26, container 72, liquefied gas 20, livestock carrier 5, petroleum tanker 25, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 13, roll on/roll off 16, short-sea passenger 7, specialized tanker 3

      Airports: 116 (2001)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 28 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 12 under 914 m: 3 (2001)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 88 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 80 (2001)

      Military Denmark

      Military branches: Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish

       Air Force, Home Guard

      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,287,168 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 1,099,900 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 29,212 (2002 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $2.47 billion (FY99/00)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.4% (FY99/00)

      Transnational Issues Denmark

      Disputes - international: Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark, Iceland, and the UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the Rockall area); dispute with Iceland over the Faroe Islands' fisheries median line boundary within 200 NM; disputes with Iceland, the UK, and Ireland over the Faroe Islands continental shelf boundary outside 200 NM; Faroese are considering proposals for full independence

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      Djibouti

      Introduction

      Djibouti

      Background: The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became

       Djibouti in 1977. A peace accord in 1994 ended a three-year uprising by

       Afars rebels.

      Geography Djibouti

      Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia

      Geographic coordinates: 11 30 N, 43 00 E

      Map references: Africa

      Area: total: 23,000 sq km water: 20 sq km land: 22,980 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Massachusetts

      Land boundaries: total: 516 km border countries: Eritrea 109 km,

       Ethiopia 349 km, Somalia 58 km

      Coastline: 314 km

      Maritime claims: 200 NM territorial sea: Climate: desert; torrid, dry

      Terrain: coastal plain and plateau separated by central mountains

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Lac Assal -155 m highest point:

       Moussa Ali 2,028 m

      Natural resources: geothermal areas

      Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land: 10 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards: earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods

      Environment - current issues: inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification; endangered species

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity,

       Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea,

       Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none

       of the selected agreements

      Geography - note: strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia; mostly wasteland; Lac Assal (Lake Assal) is the lowest point in Africa

      People Djibouti

      Population: 472,810 (July 2002 est.)

      Age structure: 0-14 years: 42.6% (male 100,903; female 100,420) 15-64 years: 54.5% (male 135,409; female 122,209) 65 years and over: 2.9% (male 7,220; female 6,649) (2002 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.59% (2002 est.)

      Birth rate: 40.33 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Death rate: 14.43 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.11 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.09 male(s)/female total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 99.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: 53.52 years (2002 est.) male: Total fertility rate: 5.64 children born/woman (2002 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 11.75% (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 37,000 (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths: 4,400 (2002 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Djiboutian(s) adjective: Djiboutian

      Ethnic groups: Somali 60%, Afar 35%, French, Arab, Ethiopian, and

       Italian 5%

      Religions: Muslim 94%, Christian 6%

      Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar

      Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 46.2% male: 60.3% female: 32.7% (1995 est.)

      Government Djibouti

      Country name: Republic of Djibouti conventional short form: Somaliland

      Government type: republic

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