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Internet users:
15,000 (2003)
Transportation Bhutan
Highways: total: 4,007 km paved: 24 km unpaved: 3,983 km (2002)
Airports: 2 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Military Bhutan
Military branches:
Royal Bhutan Army (includes Royal Bodyguard and Royal Bhutan
Police) (2005)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription
(2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18–49: 483,860 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18–49: 314,975 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 23,939 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$13.7 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.8% (2004)
Transnational Issues Bhutan
Disputes - international:
approximately 104,000 Bhutanese refugees live in Nepal, 90% of whom
reside in seven UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees
camps; Bhutan cooperates with India to expel Indian separatists
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005
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@Bolivia
Introduction Bolivia
Background:
Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away
from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has
consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups.
Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but
leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social
unrest, and illegal drug production. Current goals include
attracting foreign investment, strengthening the educational system,
resolving disputes with coca growers over Bolivia's counterdrug
efforts, and waging an anticorruption campaign.
Geography Bolivia
Location:
Central South America, southwest of Brazil
Geographic coordinates:
17 00 S, 65 00 W
Map references:
South America
Area:
total: 1,098,580 sq km
land: 1,084,390 sq km
water: 14,190 sq km
Area - comparative:
slightly less than three times the size of Montana
Land boundaries:
total: 6,743 km
border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km,
Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims:
none (landlocked)
Climate:
varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
Terrain:
rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills,
lowland plains of the Amazon Basin
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
Natural resources:
tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver,
iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower
Land use: arable land: 2.67% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 97.14% (2001)
Irrigated land:
1,280 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards:
flooding in the northeast (March-April)
Environment - current issues:
the clearing of land for agricultural purposes and the
international demand for tropical timber are contributing to
deforestation; soil erosion from overgrazing and poor cultivation
methods (including slash-and-burn agriculture); desertification;
loss of biodiversity; industrial pollution of water supplies used
for drinking and irrigation
Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law
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