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Introduction - Colombia: | Location - Colombia: | People - Colombia: | Government - Colombia: | Economy - Colombia: | Communications - Colombia: | Transportation - Colombia: | Military - Colombia: | Military branches | National Army (Ejercito Nacional), National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes naval aviation, marine corps, and coast guard), Colombian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Colombia, FAC) (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 18-24 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; service obligation - 18 months (2004) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 10,212,456
females age 18-49: 10,561,562 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 6,986,228
females age 18-49: 8,794,465 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 389,735
females age 18-49: 383,146 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | IDPs: 1.8-3.8 million (conflict between government and illegal armed groups and FARC factions; drug wars) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 3.4% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | memorials and countermemorials were filed by the parties in Nicaraguas 1999 and 2001 proceedings against Honduras and Colombia at the ICJ over the maritime boundary and territorial claims in the western Caribbean Sea - final public hearings are scheduled for 2007; dispute with Venezuela over maritime boundary and Venezuelan-administered Los Monjes Islands near the Gulf of Venezuela; Colombian-organized illegal narcotics, guerrilla, and paramilitary activities penetrate all of its neighbors borders and have caused over 300,000 persons to flee the country, mostly into neighboring states | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |