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Lebanese Republic
Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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700,000 (1999) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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580,000 (1999) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: telecommunications system severely damaged by civil war; rebuilding well underway
domestic: primarily microwave radio relay and cable international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean) (erratic operations); coaxial cable to Syria; microwave radio relay to Syria but inoperable beyond Syria to Jordan; 3 submarine coaxial cables |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 20, FM 22, shortwave 4 (1998) |
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Radios:
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2.85 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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15 (plus 5 repeaters) (1995) |
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Televisions:
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1.18 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.lb |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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22 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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300,000 (2001) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 399 km
standard gauge: 317 km 1.435-m note: entire system is unusable because of damage in civil war (2001) narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050-m |
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Highways:
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total: 7,300 km
paved: 6,350 km unpaved: 950 km (1999 est.) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 72 km (none in operation) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Antilyas, Batroun, Beirut, Chekka, El Mina, Ez Zahrani, Jbail, Jounie, Naqoura, Sidon, Tripoli, Tyre |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 67 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 320,770 GRT/468,293 DWT
ships by type: bulk 8, cargo 38, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 1, container 4, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 7, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 3, vehicle carrier 3 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: France 1, Greece 10, Netherlands 4, Panama 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2, Spain 1, Syria 2 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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8 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; includes Army, Navy, and Air Force) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 1,003,174 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 618,129 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$343 million (FY99/00) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.8% (FY99/00) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Syrian troops in northern, central, and eastern Lebanon since October 1976; Lebanese Government claims Shab'a Farms area of Israeli-occupied Golan Heights |
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Illicit drugs:
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cannabis cultivation dramatically reduced to 2,500 hectares in 2002; opium poppy cultivation minimal; small amounts of Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin transit country on way to US and European markets |