_#_Inland waterways: 5,310 km navigable
_#_Pipelines: refined products, 815 km
_#_Ports: Port Sudan, Suakin
_#_Merchant marine: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 42,277 GRT/59,588 DWT; includes 3 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo
_#_Civil air: 14 major transport aircraft
_#_Airports: 78 total, 66 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 30 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: large, well-equipped system by African standards, but barely adequate and poorly maintained; consists of radio relay, cables, radio communications, and troposcatter; domestic satellite system with 14 stations; 73,400 telephones; stations—4 AM, 1 FM, 2 TV; earth stations—1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 1 ARABSAT
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 6,176,917; 3,792,635 fit for military service; 306,695 reach military age (18) annually
_#Defense expenditures: $610 million, 7.2% of GDP (1989 est) % @Suriname *Geography #_Total area: 163,270 km2; land area: 161,470 km2