@Mauritania:Defense Forces
Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Guard,
National Police, Presidential Guard
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 483,916; males fit for military
service 236,323
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $36 million, 2.7% of
GDP (1994)
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MAURITIUS
@Mauritius:Geography
Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of
Madagascar
Map references: World
Area:
total area: 1,860 sq km
land area: 1,850 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than 10.5 times the size of
Washington, DC
note: includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint
Brandon), and Rodrigues