Waterways:
8,808 km
note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km
of Lago Titicaca (2005)
Merchant marine:
total: 4 ships (1000 GRT or over) 38,954 GRT/62,255 DWT
by type: cargo 3, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 1 (US 1)
registered in other countries: 15 (Panama 15) (2006)
Ports and terminals:
Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note - Iquitos,
Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the Amazon and
its tributaries
Military Peru
Military branches:
Peruvian Army (Ejercito Peruano), Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra
del Peru; includes naval air, naval infantry, and coast guard),
Peruvian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea del Peru, FAP)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service (1999)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 6,647,874
females age 18-49: 6,544,408 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 4,938,417
females age 18-49: 5,278,511 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 277,105
females age 18-49: 269,799 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$829.3 million (2003 est.)