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Kingdom of Spain
Espana
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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17.336 million (1999) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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8.394 million (1999) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: generally adequate, modern facilities; teledensity is 44 main lines for each 100 persons
domestic: NA international: 22 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to adjacent countries |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 208, FM 715, shortwave 1 (1998) |
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Radios:
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13.1 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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224 (plus 2,105 repeaters)
note: these figures include 11 television broadcast stations and 88 repeaters in the Canary Islands (1995) |
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Televisions:
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16.2 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.es |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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56 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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7.89 million (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 14,189 km
broad gauge: 11,804 km 1.668-m gauge (6,409 km electrified) standard gauge: 455 km 1.435-m gauge (455 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,902 km 1.000-m gauge (781 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified) (2002) |
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Highways:
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total: 346,858 km
paved: 343,389 km (including 9,063 km of expressways) unpaved: 3,469 km (1997) |
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Waterways:
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1,045 km (of minor economic importance) |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 265 km; petroleum products 1,794 km; natural gas 1,666 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Aviles, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Cartagena, Castellon de la Plana, Ceuta, Huelva, La Coruna, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Malaga, Melilla, Pasajes, Gijon, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands), Santander, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 140 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,585,563 GRT/2,022,104 DWT
ships by type: bulk 9, cargo 31, chemical tanker 10, container 13, liquefied gas 5, livestock carrier 1, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 22, refrigerated cargo 5, roll on/roll off 33, short-sea passenger 6, vehicle carrier 4 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Croatia 1, Cuba 2, Denmark 1, Germany 7, Italy 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 6, Uruguay 3 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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152 (2002) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 93
over 3,047 m: 15 2,438 to 3,047 m: 10 914 to 1,523 m: 23 under 914 m: 27 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 18 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 59
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 43 (2002) |
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Heliports:
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7 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Civil Guard, National Police, Coastal Civil Guard |
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Military manpower - military age:
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20 years of age (2003 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 10,524,715 (2003 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 8,391,612 (2003 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 255,826 (2003 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$8.6 billion (2002) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.15% (2002) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Gibraltar residents vote overwhelmingly in referendum against "total shared sovereignty" arrangement worked out between Spain and UK to change 300-year rule over colony; Morocco protests Spain's control over the coastal enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, the islands of Penon de Alhucemas and Islas Chafarinas, and surrounding waters; Morocco also rejected Spain's unilateral designation of a median line from the Canary Islands in 2002 to set limits to undersea resource exploration and refugee interdiction; Morocco allowed Spanish fishermen to fish temporarily off the coast of Western Sahara after an oil spill soiled Spanish fishing grounds; Portugal has periodically reasserted claims to territories around the town of Olivenza, Spain |
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Illicit drugs:
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key European gateway country for Latin American cocaine and North African hashish entering the European market; destination and minor transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin |