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Slovak Republic
Slovenska Republika
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1,934,558 (1998) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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736,662 (April 1999) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: a modernization and privatization program is increasing accessibility to telephone service, reducing the waiting time for new subscribers, and generally improving service quality
domestic: predominantly an analog system that is now receiving digital equipment and is being enlarged with fiber-optic cable, especially in the larger cities; mobile cellular capability has been added international: three international exchanges (one in Bratislava and two in Banska Bystrica) are available; Slovakia is participating in several international telecommunications projects that will increase the availability of external services |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 15, FM 78, shortwave 2 (1998) |
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Radios:
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3.12 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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38 (plus 864 repeaters) (1995) |
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Televisions:
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2.62 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.sk |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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6 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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700,000 (2000) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 3,668 km
broad gauge: 106 km 1.520-m gauge narrow gauge: 51 km (46 km 1,000-m gauge; 5 km 0.750-m gauge) (2002) standard gauge: 3,511 km 1.435-m gauge (1,567 km electrified) |
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Highways:
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total: 17,710 km
paved: 17,533 km (including 288 km of expressways) unpaved: 177 km (1998 est.) |
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Waterways:
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172 km (all on the Danube) |
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Pipelines:
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petroleum products NA km; natural gas 2,700 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Bratislava, Komarno |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 11,574 GRT/16,330 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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37 (2002) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 20
over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 9 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 17
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 7 (2002) |
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Heliports:
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1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army (Ground Forces), Air and Air Defense Forces, Home Guards (Territorial Defense Forces), Civil Defense Force, Railway Armed Forces (subordinate to the Ministry of Transportation, Post, and Telecommunications) |
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Military manpower - military age:
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18 years of age (2003 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 1,484,950 (2003 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 1,135,612 (2003 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 44,287 (2003 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$406 million (2002) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.89% (2002) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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small boundary changes made with Poland in 2003; Hungary has yet to amend status law extending special social and cultural benefits to ethnic Hungarians in Slovakia, who protest the law |
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Illicit drugs:
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transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin bound for Western Europe; producer of synthetic drugs for regional market |