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United Mexican States
Estados Unidos Mexicanos
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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12.332 million (2000) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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2.02 million (1998) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: low telephone density with about 12 main lines per 100 persons; privatized in December 1990; the opening to competition in January 1997 improved prospects for development
domestic: adequate telephone service for business and government, but the population is poorly served; domestic satellite system with 120 earth stations; extensive microwave radio relay network; considerable use of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, and mobile cellular service international: satellite earth stations - 32 Intelsat, 2 Solidaridad (giving Mexico improved access to South America, Central America, and much of the US as well as enhancing domestic communications), numerous Inmarsat mobile earth stations; linked to Central American Microwave System of trunk connections; high capacity Columbus-2 fiber-optic submarine cable with access to the US, Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, Morocco, Spain, and Italy (1997) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 851, FM 598, shortwave 16 (2000) |
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Radios:
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31 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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236 (plus repeaters) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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25.6 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.mx |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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51 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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3.5 million (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 18,000 km
standard gauge: 18,000 km 1.435-m gauge (2001) |
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Highways:
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total: 323,977 km
paved: 96,221 km (including 6,335 km of expressways) unpaved: 227,756 km (1997) |
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Waterways:
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2,900 km
note: navigable rivers and coastal canals |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 28,200 km; petroleum products 10,150 km; natural gas 13,254 km; petrochemical 1,400 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Acapulco, Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, La Paz, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 44 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 656,594 GRT/987,822 DWT
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, liquefied gas 3, petroleum tanker 27, roll on/roll off 3, short-sea passenger 3 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Canada 2, Denmark 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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1,852 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 231
over 3,047 m: 11 2,438 to 3,047 m: 28 914 to 1,523 m: 82 under 914 m: 27 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 83 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 1,592 1,617
under 914 m: 1,067 1,085 (2002) over 3,047 m: 1 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1 914 to 1,523 m: 454 461 1,524 to 2,437 m: 69 69 |
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Heliports:
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2 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA) (including Army and Air Force), Navy Secretariat (including Naval Air and Marines) |
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Military manpower - military age:
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18 years of age
note: starting in 2000, females were allowed to volunteer for military service (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 27,229,581 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 19,761,440 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 1,077,536 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$4 billion (FY99) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1% (FY99) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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none |
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Illicit drugs:
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illicit cultivation of opium poppy (cultivation in 2001 - 4,400 hectares; potential heroin production - 7 metric tons) and cannabis cultivation in 2001 - 4,100 hectares; government eradication efforts have been key in keeping illicit crop levels low; major supplier of heroin and largest foreign supplier of marijuana and methamphetamine to the US market; continues as the primary transshipment country for US-bound cocaine from South America; major drug syndicates control majority of drug trafficking throughout the country; growing producer and distributor of ecstasy; significant money-laundering center |