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Republic of Chad
Republique du Tchad
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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9,700 (1999) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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5,500 (2000) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: primitive system
domestic: fair system of radiotelephone communication stations international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 5 (2002) |
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Radios:
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1.67 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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1 (2002) |
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Televisions:
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10,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.td |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2002) |
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Internet users:
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4,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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0 km |
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Highways:
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total: 33,400 km
paved: 450 km note: probably no more than 8,000 km of the total receive maintenance, the remainder being desert tracks (2000) unpaved: 32,950 km |
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Waterways:
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2,000 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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none |
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Airports:
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49 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 7
over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 43
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13 914 to 1,523 m: 20 under 914 m: 10 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Armed Forces (including National Army, Air Force, and Gendarmerie), Rapid Intervention Force, National and Nomadic Guard (GNNT), Presidential Security Guard, Police |
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Military manpower - military age:
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20 years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 1,881,769 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 985,094 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 82,003 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$31 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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Lake Chad Commission urges signatories Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria to ratify delimitation treaty over lake region, the site of continuing armed clashes; Nigeria requests and Chad rejects redemarcation of boundary, which lacks clear demarcation in sections and has caused several cross-border incidents; Chadian rebels from Aozou reside in Libya |