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Solomon Islands

former: British Solomon Islands


 
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COMMUNICATIONS

Telephones - main lines in use:
8,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
658 (1997)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
57,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
0 (1997)
Televisions:
3,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.sb
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
8,400 (2002)
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TRANSPORTATION

Railways:
0 km
Highways:
total: 1,360 km
paved: 34 km
unpaved: 1,326 km (includes about 800 km of private plantation roads) (1996 est.)
Waterways:
none
Ports and harbors:
Aola Bay, Honiara, Lofung, Noro, Viru Harbor, Yandina
Merchant marine:
none (2002 est.)
Airports:
32 (2002)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 30
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 20 (2002)
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MILITARY

Military branches:
no regular military forces; Solomon Islands National Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force; Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIP)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
NA%
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TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES

Disputes - international:
none
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