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Republic of Poland
Rzeczpospolita Polska
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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8.07 million (1998) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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1.78 million (1998) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: underdeveloped and outmoded system; government aimed to have 10 million telephones in service by 2000; the process of partial privatization of the state-owned telephone monopoly has begun; in 1998 there were over 2 million applicants on the waiting list for telephone service
domestic: cable, open wire, and microwave radio relay; 3 cellular networks; local exchanges 56.6% digital international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat, NA Eutelsat, 2 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions), and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 14, FM 777, shortwave 1 (1998) |
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Radios:
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20.2 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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179 (plus 256 repeaters) (September 1995) |
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Televisions:
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13.05 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.pl |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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19 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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6.4 million (2001) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 23,420 km
broad gauge: 646 km 1.524-m gauge standard gauge: 21,639 km 1.435-m gauge (11,626 km electrified; 8,978 km double-tracked) narrow gauge: 1,135 km various gauges including 1.000-m, 0.785-m, 0.750-m, and 0.600-m (2001) |
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Highways:
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total: 381,046 km
paved: 249,966 km (including 268 km of expressways) unpaved: 131,080 km (1998) |
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Waterways:
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3,812 km (navigable rivers and canals) (1996) |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil and petroleum products 2,280 km; natural gas 17,000 km (1996) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Gdansk, Gdynia, Gliwice, Kolobrzeg, Szczecin, Swinoujscie, Ustka, Warsaw, Wroclaw |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 382,518 GRT/641,657 DWT
ships by type: bulk 14, cargo 3, chemical tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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122 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 83
over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 29 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 3 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 42 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 39
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 under 914 m: 21 (2002) 914 to 1,523 m: 13 |
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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 and Air Defense Force |
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Military manpower - military age:
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19 years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 10,415,598 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 8,120,098 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 344,781 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$3.5 billion (2002) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.71% (2002) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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none |
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Illicit drugs:
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major illicit producer of amphetamine for the international market; minor transshipment point for Asian and Latin American illicit drugs to Western Europe |