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Republic of Albania
Republika e Shqiperise
former: People's Socialist Republic of Albania
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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120,000 (2001) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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250,000 (2001) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: Albania has the poorest telephone service in Europe with fewer than two telephones per 100 inhabitants; it is doubtful that every village has telephone service
domestic: obsolete wire system; no longer provides a telephone for every village; in 1992, following the fall of the Communist government, peasants cut the wire to about 1,000 villages and used it to build fences international: inadequate; international traffic carried by microwave radio relay from the Tirana exchange to Italy and Greece |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 13, FM 4, shortwave 2 (2001) |
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Radios:
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1 million (2001) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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3 (plus 58 repeaters) (2001) |
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Televisions:
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700,000 (2001) |
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Internet country code:
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.al |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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10 (2001) |
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Internet users:
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12,000 (2001) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 447 km
standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2001 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 18,000 km
paved: 5,400 km unpaved: 12,600 km (1998 est.) |
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Waterways:
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43 km
note: includes Albanian sections of Lake Scutari, Lake Ohrid, and Lake Prespa (1990) |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 196 km; petroleum products 55 km; natural gas 64 km (1996) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Durres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 13,423 GRT/20,837 DWT
ships by type: cargo 7, includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Croatia 1, Honduras 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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11 (2001) |
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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 under 914 m: 4 (2002) 914 to 1,523 m: 2 over 3,047 m: 1 |
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Heliports:
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1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Interior Ministry Troops, Border Guards |
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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: 888,086 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 727,406 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 35,792 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$56.5 million (FY02) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.49% (FY02) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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the Albanian Government supports protection of the rights of ethnic Albanians outside of its borders in the Kosovo region of Serbia and Montenegro and in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia while continuing to seek regional cooperation; many Albanians illegally transit neighboring states to emigrate to western Europe |
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Illicit drugs:
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increasingly active transshipment point for Southwest Asian opiates, hashish, and cannabis transiting the Balkan route and - to a far lesser extent - cocaine from South America destined for Western Europe; limited opium and growing cannabis production; ethnic Albanian narcotrafficking organizations active and rapidly expanding in Europe; vulnerable to money laundering associated with regional trafficking in narcotics, arms, contraband, and illegal aliens |