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Republic of Hungary
Magyar Koztarsasag
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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3.095 million (1997) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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1.269 million (July 1999) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: the telephone system has been modernized and is capable of satisfying all requests for telecommunication service
domestic: the system is digitalized and highly automated; trunk services are carried by fiber-optic cable and digital microwave radio relay; a program for fiber-optic subscriber connections was initiated in 1996; heavy use is made of mobile cellular telephones international: Hungary has fiber-optic cable connections with all neighboring countries; the international switch is in Budapest; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean regions), 1 Inmarsat, 1 very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system of ground terminals |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 17, FM 57, shortwave 3 (1998) |
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Radios:
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7.01 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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35 (plus 161 low-power repeaters) (1995) |
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Televisions:
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4.42 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.hu |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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16 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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1.2 million (2001) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 7,869 km
broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge narrow gauge: 219 km 0.760-m gauge standard gauge: 7,614 km 1.435-m gauge (2,423 km electrified; 1,236 km double-tracked) note: Hungary and Austria jointly manage the cross-border, standard-gauge railway connecting Gyor, Sopron, and Ebenfurt (Gysev railroad) which has a route length of about 101 km in Hungary and 65 km in Austria (2001) |
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Highways:
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total: 188,203 km
paved: 81,680 km (including 448 km of expressways) unpaved: 106,523 km (1998 est.) |
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Waterways:
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1,373 km (permanently navigable) (1997) |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 1,204 km; natural gas 4,387 km (1991) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Budapest, Dunaujvaros |
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Airports:
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43 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 16
over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 27
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 under 914 m: 8 (2002) 914 to 1,523 m: 12 |
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Heliports:
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5 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Ground Forces, Air Forces |
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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: 2,559,260 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 2,039,710 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 64,121 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$1.08 billion (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.75% (2002 est.) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Slovakia requested additional ICJ judgment in 1998 and talks continue to set modalities to assure Hungarian compliance with 1997 ICJ decision to proceed with construction of Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Dam, abandoned by Hungary in 1989; Hungary opposes Croatian plan to build a hydropower dam on the boundary stream Drava |
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Illicit drugs:
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transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and cannabis and for South American cocaine destined for Western Europe; limited producer of precursor chemicals, particularly for amphetamine and methamphetamine; improving, but remains vulnerable to money laundering related to organized crime and drug trafficking |