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Dominican Republic

Republica Dominicana


 
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COMMUNICATIONS

Telephones - main lines in use:
709,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
130,149 (1997)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: relatively efficient system based on islandwide microwave radio relay network
international: 1 coaxial submarine cable; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios:
1.44 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
25 (1997)
Televisions:
770,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.do
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
24 (2000)
Internet users:
186,000 (2002)
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TRANSPORTATION

Railways:
total: 757 km
standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge (Central Romana Railroad)
miscellaneous gauge: 240 km operated by sugar companies in various gauges (0.558-m, 0.762-m, 1.067-m gauges) (2000 est.)
narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge (Dominican Republic Government Railway)
Highways:
total: 12,600 km
paved: 6,224 km
unpaved: 6,376 km (1996)
Waterways:
none
Pipelines:
crude oil 96 km; petroleum products 8 km
Ports and harbors:
Barahona, La Romana, Manzanillo, Puerto Plata, San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo
Merchant marine:
total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,587 GRT/1,165 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1 (2002 est.)
Airports:
29 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 13
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 17
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 10 (2002)
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MILITARY

Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police
Military manpower - military age:
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 2,323,088 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,455,887 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 87,404 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$180 million (FY98)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.1% (FY98)
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TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES

Disputes - international:
none
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; has become a transshipment point for ecstasy from the Netherlands and Belgium destined for US and Canada; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor the Dominican Republic for illicit financial transactions
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