Degree Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three unconnected rivers Pipelines: crude oil 2,850 km, refined products 780 km, natural gas 5,600 km gravel Ports: Funafuti, Nukufetau Merchant marine: 56 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 858,162 GRT/1,278,488 DWT; includes 2 short-sea passenger Airports: total: 28 usable: 28 with permanent-surface runways: 26 with permanent-surface runways : 1 (international airport at Tafuna) with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 4 Telecommunications: poorly developed; NMT-450 analog cellular network in Vilnius; fiber optic cable, and radiocommunication stations; 15,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station (erratic operations), coaxial cable to Djibouti, Egypt (suspended from 1979 to 1988), Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey *Syria, Defense Forces Branches: Army, Navy (including Naval Air Arm, Coast Guard, and Air Defence Force, Security Forces (internal and border troops), Border Guard, Territorial Defense Manpower availability: males age 15-49 2,064,244; fit for military service 4,355,670; reach military age (17) annually (1993 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
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