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Highways: total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km note: small, poorly developed road network

Ports: Gaza

Airports: total: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications --------------

Telephones: NA note: 10% of Palestinian households have telephones (1992 est.)

Telephone system: domestic: NA international: NA

Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: NA; note - 95% of Palestinian households have radios (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 0

Televisions: NA; note - 59% of Palestinian households have televisions (1992 est.)

Defense -------

Branches: NA

Manpower availability: males age 15-49: NA males fit for military service: NA

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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@Georgia -------

Beset by ethnic and civil strife since independence in 1991, Georgia began to stabilize in 1994. Separatist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been dormant for more than two years, although political settlements remain elusive. Russian peacekeepers are deployed in both regions and a UN Observer Mission is operating in Abkhazia. As a result of these conflicts, Georgia still has about 250,000 internally displaced people. In November 1995, Georgia held peaceful, generally free and fair nationwide presidential and parliamentary elections. Although the country continues to suffer from a crippling economic crisis, aggravated by a severe energy shortage, some progress has been made and the Georgian Government remains committed to economic reform in cooperation with the IMF and the World Bank. Violence and organized crime were sharply curtailed in 1995.

Map ---

Location: 42 00 N, 43 30 E -- Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia

Flag ----

Description: maroon field with small rectangle in upper hoist side corner; rectangle divided horizontally with black on top, white below

Geography ---------

Location: Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia

Geographic coordinates: 42 00 N, 43 30 E

Map references: Commonwealth of Independent States

Area: total area: 69,700 sq km land area: 69,700 sq km comparative area: slightly larger than South Carolina

Land boundaries: total: 1,461 km border countries: Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km

Coastline: 310 km