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COMMUNICATIONS

Telephones - main lines in use:
33,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
3,402 (1997)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: more than adequate
international: 1 submarine cable to Sint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles); extensive interisland microwave radio relay links
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 4, FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
50,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (1997)
Televisions:
20,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.aw
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
NA
Internet users:
24,000 (2002)
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TRANSPORTATION

Railways:
0 km
Highways:
total: 800 km
paved: 513 km
note: most coastal roads are paved, while unpaved roads serve large tracts of the interior (1995)
unpaved: 287 km
Waterways:
none
Ports and harbors:
Barcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas
Merchant marine:
note: there is one foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Monaco 1 (2002 est.)
Airports:
1 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2002)
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MILITARY

Military branches:
no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Dutch Navy and Marines, Coast Guard
Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES

Disputes - international:
none
Illicit drugs:
transit point for US- and Europe-bound narcotics with some accompanying money-laundering activity
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