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Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
Republique de Cote d'Ivoire
former: Ivory Coast
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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263,700 (2000) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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450,000 (2000) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: well developed by African standards but operating well below capacity
domestic: open-wire lines and microwave radio relay; 90% digitalized international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); 2 coaxial submarine cables (June 1999) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3 (1998) |
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Radios:
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2.26 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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14 (1999) |
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Televisions:
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1.09 million (2000) |
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Internet country code:
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.ci |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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5 (2001) |
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Internet users:
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70,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 660 km
narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000-meter gauge; 25 km double-track note: an additional 600 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso, ending at Kaya, north of Ouagadougou (2000 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 50,400 km
paved: 4,889 km unpaved: 45,511 km (1996) |
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Waterways:
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980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Abidjan, Aboisso, Dabou, San-Pedro |
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Airports:
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36 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 7
over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 29
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 8 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie, Republican Guard (includes Presidential Guard) |
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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: 3,963,166 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 2,071,011 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 188,411 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$127.7 million (FY01) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.3% (FY01) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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none |
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Illicit drugs:
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illicit producer of cannabis, mostly for local consumption; transshipment point for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin to Europe and occasionally to the US, and for Latin American cocaine destined for Europe and South Africa; while rampant corruption and inadequate supervision leave the banking system vulnerable to money laundering, the lack of a developed financial system limits the country's utility as a major money-laundering center |