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State of Kuwait
Dawlat al Kuwayt
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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412,000 (1997) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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210,000 (1997) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: the quality of service is excellent
domestic: new telephone exchanges provide a large capacity for new subscribers; trunk traffic is carried by microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, open wire, and fiber-optic cable; a cellular telephone system operates throughout Kuwait, and the country is well supplied with pay telephones international: coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; linked to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE via the Fiber-Optic Gulf (FOG) cable; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean, 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean), and 2 Arabsat |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998) |
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Radios:
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1.175 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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875,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.kw |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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3 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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200,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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0 km |
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Highways:
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total: 4,450 km
paved: 3,590 km unpaved: 860 km (1999 est.) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 877 km; petroleum products 40 km; natural gas 165 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Kuwait, Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi, Mina' Su'ud |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 38 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,274,515 GRT/3,627,835 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 1, container 6, liquefied gas 6, livestock carrier 5, petroleum tanker 19 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Monaco 1, Saudi Arabia 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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7 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 3
over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 3
under 914 m: 2 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 |
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Heliports:
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3 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Navy, Air Force (including Air Defense Force), National Police Force, National Guard, Coast Guard |
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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: 812,059 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 486,906 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 18,309 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$1,967.3 million (FY01)
note: Kuwait is changing its fiscal year; the above figure is for July-March 2001; future budget years will be April-March annually |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.5% (FY01) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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in November 1994, Iraq formally accepted the UN-demarcated border with Kuwait which had been spelled out in Security Council Resolutions 687 (1991), 773 (1993), and 883 (1993); this formally ends earlier claims to Kuwait and to Bubiyan and Warbah islands, although the Iraqi Government continues periodic rhetorical challenges |