Defense ———-

Branches: Army, Navy (includes Naval Air), Air Force and Air
Defense, National Gendarmerie

Manpower availability: males age 15-49: 14,782,577 males fit for military service: 12,299,651 males reach military age (18) annually: 383,252 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $47.7 billion, 2.5% of GDP (1995)

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@French Guiana ——————-

(overseas department of France)

Map —-

Location: 4 00 N, 53 00 W — Northern South America, bordering the
North Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Suriname

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