Ports and harbors:
Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Duba, Jiddah, Jizan, Rabigh, Ra's al Khafji,
Mishab, Ras Tanura, Yanbu' al Bahr, Madinat Yanbu' al Sinaiyah
Merchant marine:
total: 66 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,306,706 GRT/1,963,191 DWT
registered in other countries: 54 (2004 est.)
by type: cargo 5, chemical tanker 11, container 4, livestock carrier
2, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 23, refrigerated cargo 4, roll
on/roll off 10, short-sea/passenger 6
foreign-owned: Egypt 3, Greece 4, Norway 2, Sudan 1, United Kingdom 3
Airports:
204 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 72
over 3,047 m: 32
2,438 to 3,047 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 23
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 129
under 914 m: 12 (2004 est.)
over 3047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 39
1,524 to 2,437 m: 72
Heliports:
5 (2003 est.)
Military Saudi Arabia
Military branches:
Land Force (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, National
Guard, Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary)
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2004)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 8,240,714 (2004 est.)