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Azerbaijani Republic
Azarbaycan Respublikasi
former: Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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865,000 (2002) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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800,000 (2002) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 10 main lines per 100 persons is low (2002)
domestic: the majority of telephones are in Baku and other industrial centers - about 700 villages still without public telephone service; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Naxcivan international: the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; a satellite connection to Turkey enables Baku to reach about 200 additional countries, some of which are directly connected to Baku by satellite providers other than Turkey (1997) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998) |
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Radios:
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175,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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2 (1997) |
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Televisions:
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170,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.az |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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2 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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25,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 2,125 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 2,125 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (1993 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 36,700 km
paved: 31,800 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 4,900 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 1,130 km; petroleum products 630 km; natural gas 1,240 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Baku (Baki) |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 54 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 246,051 GRT/306,756 DWT
ships by type: cargo 12, petroleum tanker 40, roll on/roll off 2 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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52 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 43
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 8 under 914 m: 28 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces |
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Military manpower - military age:
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18 years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 2,131,331 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 1,706,325 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 77,099 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$121 million (FY99) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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2.6% (FY99) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Armenia supports ethnic Armenian secessionists in Nagorno-Karabakh and militarily occupies about one-sixth of Azerbaijan - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) continues to mediate dispute; Azerbaijan signed bilateral agreements with Russia delimiting the Caspian seabed, but littoral states are far from multilateral agreement on dividing the waters and seabed regimes - Iran insists on division of Caspian Sea into five equal sectors while Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan have generally agreed upon equidistant seabed boundaries; Iran threatens to conduct oil exploration in Azerbaijani-claimed waters, while interdicting Azerbaijani activities; Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan await ICJ decision to resolve sovereignty dispute over oilfields in the Caspian Sea |
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Illicit drugs:
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limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for CIS consumption; small government eradication program; transit point for Southwest Asian opiates bound for Russia and to a lesser extent the rest of Europe |