:Papua New Guinea Communications
Railroads:
none
Highways:
19,200 km total; 640 km paved, 10,960 km gravel, crushed stone, or
stabilized-soil surface, 7,600 km unimproved earth
Inland waterways:
10,940 km
Ports:
Anewa Bay, Lae, Madang, Port Moresby, Rabaul
Merchant marine:
8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 14,102 GRT/16,016 DWT; includes 2
cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 combination ore/oil, 1 bulk, 1 container
Civil air:
about 15 major transport aircraft
Airports:
503 total, 460 usable; 18 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways
over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 39 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
services are adequate and being improved; facilities provide radiobroadcast,
radiotelephone and telegraph, coastal radio, aeronautical radio, and
international radiocommunication services; submarine cables extend to
Australia and Guam; 51,700 telephones (1985); broadcast stations - 31 AM, 2
FM, 2 TV (1987); 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth station
:Papua New Guinea Defense Forces
Branches:
Papua New Guinea Defense Force (including Army, Navy, Air Force)
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 1,013,812; 564,081 fit for military service
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $42 million, 1.3% of GDP (1989 est.)
:Paracel Islands Geography
Total area:
NA
Land area:
undetermined
Comparative area:
undetermined
Land boundaries:
none
Coastline:
518 km
Maritime claims:
undetermined
Disputes:
occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam
Climate:
tropical
Terrain:
undetermined
Natural resources:
none
Land use:
arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and
woodland 0%; other 100%
Environment:
subject to typhoons
Note:
located 400 km east of Vietnam in the South China Sea about one-third of the
way between Vietnam and the Philippines
:Paracel Islands People
Population: no permanent inhabitants
:Paracel Islands Government
Long-form name: none