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Burkina Faso

former: Upper Volta


 
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COMMUNICATIONS

Telephones - main lines in use:
53,200 (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
25,200 (2000)
Telephone system:
general assessment: all services only fair
domestic: microwave radio relay, open wire, and radiotelephone communication stations
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 17, shortwave 3 (2002)
Radios:
394,020 (2000)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (2002)
Televisions:
131,340 (2002)
Internet country code:
.bf
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2002)
Internet users:
25,000 (2002)
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TRANSPORTATION

Railways:
total: 622 km (517 km from Ouagadougou to the Cote d'Ivoire border and 105 km from Ouagadougou to Kaya)
narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)
Highways:
total: 12,506 km
paved: 2,001 km
unpaved: 10,505 km (1999)
Waterways:
none
Ports and harbors:
none
Airports:
33 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 31
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 17 (2002)
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MILITARY

Military branches:
Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police, People's Militia
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 2,688,072 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,379,010 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$40.1 million (FY01)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.4% (FY01)
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TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES

Disputes - international:
two villages are in dispute with Benin
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