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Republic of Honduras
Republica de Honduras
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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234,000 (1997) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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14,427 (1997) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: inadequate system
domestic: NA international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998) |
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Radios:
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2.45 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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11 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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570,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.hn |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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8 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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40,000 (2000) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 595 km
narrow gauge: 318 km 1.067-m gauge; 277 km 0.914-m gauge (2000) |
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Highways:
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total: 15,400 km
paved: 3,126 km unpaved: 12,274 km (1999 est.) |
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Waterways:
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465 km (navigable by small craft) |
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Ports and harbors:
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La Ceiba, Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela, Puerto Lempira |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 284 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 749,243 GRT/846,942 DWT
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Argentina 1, Bahrain 1, Belize 1, British Virgin Islands 1, Bulgaria 1, China 8, Costa Rica 1, Cyprus 1, Egypt 6, El Salvador 1, Germany 1, Greece 18, Hong Kong 3, Indonesia 2, Italy 1, Japan 7, Lebanon 4, Liberia 4, Maldives 2, Marshall Islands 1, Mexico 1, Nigeria 1, Norway 1, Panama 14, Philippines 1, Romania 2, Russia 1, Saint Kitts and Nevis 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Singapore 24, South Korea 12, Spain 1, Syria 1, Taiwan 4, Tanzania 1, Trinidad and Tobago 1, Turkey 2, Turks and Caicos Islands 1, United Arab Emirates 6, United Kingdom 1, United States 5, Vanuatu 1, Vietnam 1, Virgin Islands (UK) 1 (2002 est.) ships by type: bulk 20, cargo 166, chemical tanker 5, container 6, livestock carrier 1, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 54, refrigerated cargo 12, roll on/roll off 8, short-sea passenger 4, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1 |
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Airports:
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117 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 12
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 4 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 103
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 18 under 914 m: 83 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Navy (including marines), Air 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: 1,563,174 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 930,718 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 72,335 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$35 million (FY99) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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0.6% (FY99) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Honduras claims Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize; El Salvador disputes tiny Conejo Island off Honduras in the Golfo de Fonseca; many of the "bolsones" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras boundary remain undemarcated despite ICJ adjudication in 1992; with respect to the maritime boundary in the Golfo de Fonseca, the ICJ referred to the line determined by the 1900 Honduras-Nicaragua Mixed Boundary Commission and advised a tripartite resolution among El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua; Nicaragua filed a claim against Honduras in 1999 and against Colombia in 2001 at the ICJ over disputed maritime boundary involving 50,000 sq km in the Caribbean Sea, including the Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank |
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Illicit drugs:
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transshipment point for drugs and narcotics; illicit producer of cannabis, cultivated on small plots and used principally for local consumption; corruption is a major problem; some money-laundering activity |