cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off, 1 livestock carrier, 6 oil tanker, 11 chemical tanker, 3 bulk Airports: total: 65 useable: 33 with runways 1,220-2,439: 1 Telecommunications: good system of troposcatter, open-wire lines, minor microwave radio relay to Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia (withdrew from active membership in 1986), UAE Organization of American States, 1899 L Street, NW, Washington, DC (178 km2, 69 miles 2) or The Mall in Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 161 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 4 nm International disputes: claims US-administered Navassa Island Climate: mostly hot, dry summers Terrain: vast, flat to undulating plains, plateaus, depressions Natural resources: timber, fish, cobalt Land use: arable land: 5% permanent crops: 2% meadows and pastures: 57% forest and woodland: 4% other: 47% Irrigated land: NA km2 Environment: subject to severe earthquakes Note: controls Bab el Mandeb and route through Red Sea Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth station *Burundi, Defense Forces Branches: Royal Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon is focus of maritime boundary in
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