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Introduction - Peru: | Location - Peru: | People - Peru: | Government - Peru: | Economy - Peru: | Communications - Peru: | Transportation - Peru: | Military - Peru: | Military branches | Peruvian Army (Ejercito Peruano), Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru, MGP (includes naval air, naval infantry, and coast guard)), Peruvian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea del Peru, FAP) (2007) | | 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.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | IDPs: 60,000 (civil war from 1980-2000; most IDPs are indigenous peasants in Andean and Amazonian regions) (2005) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1.5% (2006) | | Disputes international | Chile and Ecuador rejected Perus November 2005 unilateral legislation to shift the axis of their joint treaty-defined maritime boundaries along the parallels of latitude to equidistance lines which favor Peru; organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia have penetrated Perus shared border; Peru rejects Bolivias claim to restore maritime access through a sovereign corridor through Chile along the Peruvian border | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |