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Western Sahara
former: Spanish Sahara
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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about 2,000 (1999 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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0 (1999) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: sparse and limited system
domestic: NA international: tied into Morocco's system by microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) linked to Rabat, Morocco |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998) |
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Radios:
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56,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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NA |
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Televisions:
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6,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.eh |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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NA |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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0 km |
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Highways:
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total: 6,200 km
paved: 1,350 km unpaved: 4,850 km (1991 est.) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Ports and harbors:
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Ad Dakhla, Cabo Bojador, Laayoune (El Aaiun) |
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Airports:
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11 (2002) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 3 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$NA |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA% |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, but sovereignty remains unresolved; UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991, but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties have rejected other proposals; Mauritanian claims to Western Sahara have been dormant in recent years; Morocco allowed Spanish fishermen to fish temporarily off the coast of Western Sahara after an oil spill soiled Spanish fishing grounds |