Transportation Botswana
Airports: 85 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 75
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 55
under 914 m: 17 (2006)
Railways: total: 888 km narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2005)
Roadways: total: 24,455 km paved: 8,914 km unpaved: 15,441 km (2004)
Military Botswana
Military branches:
Botswana Defense Force (includes an air wing) (2006)
Military service age and obligation:
18 is the apparent age of voluntary military service; the official
qualifications for determining minimum age are unknown (2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 350,649
females age 18-49: 361,642 (2005 est.)