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Argentine Republic
Republica Argentina
Argentina
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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7.5 million (1998) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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3 million (December 1999) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: by opening the telecommunications market to competition and foreign investment with the "Telecommunications Liberalization Plan of 1998", Argentina encouraged the growth of modern telecommunication technology; fiber-optic cable trunk lines are being installed between all major cities; the major networks are entirely digital and the availability of telephone service is being improved; however, telephone density is presently minimal, and making telephone service universally available will take some time
domestic: microwave radio relay, fiber-optic cable, and a domestic satellite system with 40 earth stations serve the trunk network; more than 110,000 pay telephones are installed and mobile telephone use is rapidly expanding international: satellite earth stations - 8 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); Atlantis II and Unisur submarine cables; two international gateways near Buenos Aires (1999) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 260 (including 10 inactive stations), FM NA (probably more than 1,000, mostly unlicensed), shortwave 6 (1998) |
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Radios:
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24.3 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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7.95 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.ar |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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33 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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3.88 million (2001) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 33,744 km (167 km electrified)
broad gauge: 20,594 km 1.676-m gauge (141 km electrified) standard gauge: 2,739 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified) narrow gauge: 10,154 km 1.000-m gauge; 257 km 0.750-m gauge (2000 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 215,434 km
paved: 63,553 km (including 734 km of expressways) unpaved: 151,881 km (1998 est.) |
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Waterways:
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10,950 km |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 4,090 km; petroleum products 2,900 km; natural gas 9,918 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, Concepcion del Uruguay, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Necochea, Rio Gallegos, Rosario, Santa Fe, Ushuaia |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 24 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 147,505 GRT/222,500 DWT
ships by type: cargo 9, petroleum tanker 10, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger 1, includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: United Arab Emirates 1, Uruguay 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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1,369 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 145
over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 26 1,524 to 2,437 m: 62 914 to 1,523 m: 44 under 914 m: 9 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 1,197 1,225
over 3,047 m: 2 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 50 53 914 to 1,523 m: 572 598 under 914 m: 571 570 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Argentine Army, Navy of the Argentine Republic (includes naval aviation and Marines), Coast Guard, Argentine Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Aeronautical Police Force |
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Military manpower - military age:
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20 years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 9,521,633 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 7,721,219 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 335,085 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$4.3 billion (FY99) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.3% (FY00) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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claims UK-administered Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas); claims UK-administered South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; territorial claim in Antarctica partially overlaps British and Chilean claims |
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Illicit drugs:
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used as a transshipment country for cocaine headed for Europe and the US; some money-laundering activity, especially in the Tri-Border Area; domestic consumption of drugs in urban centers is increasing |