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Republic of Malawi

former: Nyasaland


 
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COMMUNICATIONS

Telephones - main lines in use:
38,000 (1999)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
49,000 (2000)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: system employs open-wire lines, microwave radio relay links, and radiotelephone communications stations
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 9, FM 5 (plus 15 repeater stations), shortwave 2 (plus a third station held in standby status) (2001)
Radios:
2.6 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (2001)
Televisions:
NA
Internet country code:
.mw
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
7 (2001)
Internet users:
35,000 (2002)
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TRANSPORTATION

Railways:
total: 797 km
narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2001)
Highways:
total: 14,594 km
paved: 2,773 km
unpaved: 11,821 km (2001)
Waterways:
144 km
note: on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire Riverall
Ports and harbors:
Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba
Airports:
44 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 6
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 37
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 22 (2002)
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MILITARY

Military branches:
Army (including Air Wing and Naval Detachment), Police (including paramilitary Mobile Force Unit)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 2,535,207 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,301,625 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$9.5 million (FY00/01)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.76% (FY00/01)
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TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES

Disputes - international:
Malawi and Tanzania maintain a largely dormant dispute over the boundary in Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and current location of historical boundary in meandering Songwe River

 
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