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El Salvador:
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Other pages in this profile of El Salvador:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Salvadoran Army (ES), Salvadoran Navy (FNES), Salvadoran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena, FAS) (2006) |
Military service age and obligation |
18 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 16 years of age for voluntary service; 12-month service obligation (2006) |
Manpower available for military service |
males age 18-49: 1,391,278 females age 18-49: 1,542,323 (2005 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
males age 18-49: 960,315 females age 18-49: 1,310,466 (2005 est.) |
Manpower reaching military age annually |
males age 18-49: 70,286 females age 18-49: 69,526 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
5% (2006) |
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Disputes - international |
International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on the delimitation of "bolsones" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras boundary, in 1992, with final agreement by the parties in 2006 after an Organization of American States (OAS) survey and a further ICJ ruling in 2003; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca advocating Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo Island, not identified in the ICJ decision, off Honduras in the Gulf of Fonseca |
Illicit drugs |
transshipment point for cocaine; small amounts of marijuana produced for local consumption; significant use of cocaine |
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