*Jordan, Communications
Railroads:
789 km 1.050-meter gauge, single track
Highways:
7,500 km; 5,500 km asphalt, 2,000 km gravel and crushed stone
Pipelines:
crude oil 209 km
Ports:
Al 'Aqabah
Merchant marine:
2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 60,378 GRT/113,557 DWT; includes 1
cargo and 1 oil tanker
Airports:
total:
19
usable:
15
with permanent-surface runways:
14
with runways over 3,659 m:
1
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
13
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
0
Telecommunications:
adequate telephone system of microwave, cable, and radio links; 81,500
telephones; broadcast stations - 5 AM, 7 FM, 8 TV; satellite earth stations
- 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT, 1 ARABSAT, 1 domestic
TV receive-only; coaxial cable and microwave to Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and
Syria; microwave link to Lebanon is inactive; participant in MEDARABTEL, a
microwave radio relay network linking Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia,
Algeria, and Morocco
*Jordan, Defense Forces
Branches:
Royal Jordanian Land Force, Royal Jordanian Air Force, Royal Naval Force,
Public Security Force
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 936,213; fit for military service 664,095; reach military
age (18) annually 42,093 (1993 est.)
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $434.8 million, 7.9% of GDP (1993 est.)
*Juan de Nova Island, Header
Affiliation: (possession of France)
*Juan de Nova Island, Geography
Location:
Southern Africa, in the central Mozambique Channel about one-third of the
way between Madagascar and Mozambique
Map references:
Africa
Area:
total area:
4.4 km2
land area:
4.4 km2
comparative area:
about 7.5 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
24.1 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone:
12 nm
continental shelf:
200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
claimed by Madagascar
Climate:
tropical
Terrain:
NA
Natural resources:
guano deposits and other fertilizers
Land use:
arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
meadows and pastures:
0%
forest and woodland:
90%
other:
10%
Irrigated land: 0 km2
Environment:
subject to periodic cyclones; wildlife sanctuary
*Juan de Nova Island, People
Population: uninhibited