_#_Airports: 91 total, 82 usable; 66 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m; 44 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: system is large but still inadequate for needs; principal centers are Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah, Ismailia, and Tanta; intercity connections by coaxial cable and microwave; extensive upgrading in progress; 600,000 telephones (est.); stations—25 AM, 5 FM, 47 TV; satellite earth stations—1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT, 1 INMARSAT, 1 ARABSAT; 4 submarine coaxial cables; tropospheric scatter to Sudan; radio relay to Libya (may not be operational); radio relay to Jordan
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 13,333,285; 8,665,260 fit for military service; 584,780 reach military age (20) annually
_#Defense expenditures: $2.8 billion, 7.3% of GDP (1991) % @El Salvador *Geography #_Total area: 21,040 km2; land area: 20,720 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Massachusetts
_#_Land boundaries: 545 km total; Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km
_#_Coastline: 307 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Territorial sea: 200 nm (overflight and navigation permitted beyond 12 nm)