_#_Merchant marine: 60 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 257,220 GRT/379,691 DWT; includes 39 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 2 vehicle carrier, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 container, 8 livestock carrier, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 3 bulk, 1 combination bulk

_#_Civil air: 15 major transport aircraft

_#_Airports: 9 total, 8 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m; none under the direct control of the Lebanese Government

_#_Telecommunications: rebuilding program disrupted; had fair system of radio relay, cable; 325,000 telephones; stations—5 AM, 3 FM, 15 TV; 1 inactive Indian Ocean INTELSAT satellite earth station; 3 submarine coaxial cables; radio relay to Jordan and Syria, inoperable

_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Army (includes Navy and Air Force)

_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 725,974; 449,912 fit for military service

_#Defense expenditures: $168 million, 7.3% of GDP (1991) % @Lesotho *Geography #_Total area: 30,350 km2; land area: 30,350 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland

_#_Land boundary: 909 km with South Africa

_#_Coastline: none—landlocked