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Czech Republic
Ceska Republika
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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3.869 million (2000) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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4.346 million (2000) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: privatization and modernization of the Czech telecommunication system got a late start but is advancing steadily; growth in the use of mobile cellular telephones is particularly vigorous
domestic: 86% of exchanges now digital; existing copper subscriber systems now being enhanced with Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) equipment to accommodate Internet and other digital signals; trunk systems include fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intersputnik (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions), 1 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 1 Globalstar |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000) |
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Radios:
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3,159,134 (December 2000) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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150 (plus 1,434 repeaters) (2000) |
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Televisions:
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3,405,834 (December 2000) |
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Internet country code:
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.cz |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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more than 300 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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2.69 million (2001) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 9,444 km
standard gauge: 9,350 km 1.435-m gauge (2,843 km electrified; 1,929 km double-track) narrow gauge: 94 km 0.760-m gauge (2000 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 55,432 km
paved: 55,432 km (including 499 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2000) |
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Waterways:
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303 km
note: (the Labe (Elbe) is the principal river) (2000) |
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Pipelines:
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natural gas 3,550 km (2000) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Decin, Prague, Usti nad Labem |
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Airports:
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121 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 44
over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 17 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 14 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 76
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 27 under 914 m: 48 (2002) |
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Heliports:
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2 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Territorial Defense Force |
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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: 2,637,128 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 2,012,779 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 69,393 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$1,190.2 million (FY01) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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2.1% (FY01) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Liechtenstein's royal family claims restitution for 1,600 sq km of land in the Czech Republic confiscated in 1918; individual Sudeten German claims for restitution of property confiscated in connection with their expulsion after World War II; Austria has minor dispute with Czech Republic over the Temelin nuclear power plant and post-World War II treatment of German-speaking minorities |
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Illicit drugs:
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transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and minor transit point for Latin American cocaine to Western Europe; producer of synthetic drugs for local and regional markets; susceptible to money laundering related to drug trafficking, organized crime |