_#_Telecommunications: small system with good service; new microwave link to Reunion; high-frequency radio links to several countries; 48,000 telephones; stations—2 AM, no FM, 4 TV; 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth station
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: paramilitary Special Mobile Force, Special Support Units, National Police Force, National Coast Guard
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 302,588; 155,176 fit for military service
_#Defense expenditures: $4 million, 0.2% of GDP (1988) % @Mayotte (territorial collectivity of France) *Geography #_Total area: 375 km2; land area: 375 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
_#_Land boundaries: none
_#_Coastline: 185.2 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm