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Republic of Haiti
Republique d'Haiti
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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60,000 (1997) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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0 (1995) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: domestic facilities barely adequate; international facilities slightly better
domestic: coaxial cable and microwave radio relay trunk service international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 41, FM 26, shortwave 0 (1999) |
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Radios:
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415,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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2 (plus a cable TV service) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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38,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.ht |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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3 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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30,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 40 km
narrow gauge: 40 km 0.760-m gauge; single-track note: privately owned industrial line; closed in early 1990s (2001 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 4,160 km
paved: 1,011 km unpaved: 3,149 km (1996) |
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Waterways:
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NEGL; less than 100 km navigable |
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Ports and harbors:
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Cap-Haitien, Gonaives, Jacmel, Jeremie, Les Cayes, Miragoane, Port-au-Prince, Port-de-Paix, Saint-Marc |
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Merchant marine:
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none (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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12 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 6 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Haitian National Police (HNP)
note: the regular Haitian Army, Navy, and Air Force have been demobilized but still exist on paper until or unless they are constitutionally abolished |
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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: 1,691,585 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 919,275 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 87,049 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$50 million (FY00) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.3% (FY00) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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claims US-administered Navassa Island |
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Illicit drugs:
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major Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US and Europe; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial transactions; pervasive corruption |