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Republic of Niger
Republique du Niger
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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20,000 (2001) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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6,700 (2002) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: small system of wire, radio telephone communications, and microwave radio relay links concentrated in the southwestern area of Niger
domestic: wire, radiotelephone communications, and microwave radio relay; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations and 1 planned international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 4 (2001) |
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Radios:
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680,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (2002) |
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Televisions:
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125,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.ne |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2002) |
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Internet users:
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12,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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0 km (2002) |
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Highways:
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total: 10,100 km
paved: 798 km unpaved: 9,302 km (1996) |
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Waterways:
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300 km
note: the Niger River is navigable from Niamey to Gaya on the Benin frontier from mid-December through March |
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Ports and harbors:
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none |
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Airports:
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26 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 under 914 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 18
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 2 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Air Force, Gendarmerie, National Intervention and Security Force |
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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: 2,270,793 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 1,227,994 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 108,993 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$20.9 million (FY01) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.3% (FY01) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Niger and Benin have refered to the ICJ the dispute over l'Ete and 14 smaller islands in the Niger River, which has never been delimited; the Benin-Niger-Nigeria tripoint remains undemarcated; Lake Chad Basin Commission urges signatories Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria to ratify delimitation treaty over lake region, the site of continuing armed clashes; Libya claims about 19,400 sq km in northern Niger in a currently dormant dispute |