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Introduction - Spain: | Location - Spain: | People - Spain: | Government - Spain: | Economy - Spain: | Communications - Spain: | Transportation - Spain: | Military - Spain: | Military branches | Spanish Armed Forces: Army (Ejercito de Tierra), Spanish Navy (Armada Espanola, AE; includes Marine Corps), Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire Espanola, EdA) (2006) | | Military service age and obligation | 20 years of age (2004) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 20-49: 9,366,588
females age 20-49: 9,155,057 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 20-49: 7,623,356
females age 20-49: 7,434,465 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 233,384
females age 20-49: 221,805 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1.2% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | in 2002, Gibraltar residents voted overwhelmingly by referendum to remain a British colony and against a total shared sovereignty arrangement while demanding participation in talks between the UK and Spain; Spain disapproves of UK plans to grant Gibraltar greater autonomy; Morocco protests Spains control over the coastal enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and the islands of Penon de Velez de la Gomera, Penon de Alhucemas and Islas Chafarinas, and surrounding waters; Morocco serves as the primary launching site of illegal migration into Spain from North Africa; Portugal does not recognize Spanish sovereignty over the territory of Olivenza based on a difference of interpretation of the 1815 Congress of Vienna and the 1801 Treaty of Badajoz | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |