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NAVIGATION
Kingdom of Bhutan
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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6,000 (1997) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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NA |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: NA
domestic: domestic telephone service is very poor with few telephones in use international: international telephone and telegraph service is by landline through India; a satellite earth station was planned (1990) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998) |
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Radios:
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37,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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0 (1997) |
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Televisions:
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11,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.bt |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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NA |
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Internet users:
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2,500 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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0 km |
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Highways:
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total: 3,285 km
paved: 1,994 km unpaved: 1,291 km (1996) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Ports and harbors:
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none |
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Airports:
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2 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Royal Bhutan Army, Royal Bodyguard, National Militia, Royal Bhutan Police, Forest Guards |
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Military manpower - military age:
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18 years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 517,470 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 276,303 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 21,167 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$9.3 million (FY01) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.9% (FY01) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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approximately 100,000 Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal, 90% of whom reside in seven UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees camps, place decades-long strains on Nepal |