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Republic of Benin
Republique du Benin
former: Dahomey
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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51,000 (2000) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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55,500 (2000) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: NA
domestic: fair system of open wire, microwave radio relay, and cellular connections international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); submarine cable |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 4 (2000) |
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Radios:
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660,000 (2000) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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1 (2001) |
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Televisions:
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66,000 (2000) |
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Internet country code:
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.bj |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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4 (2002) |
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Internet users:
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25,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 578 km
narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (2000 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 6,787 km
paved: 1,357 km (including 10 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,430 km (1997 est.) |
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Waterways:
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streams navigable along small sections, important only locally |
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Ports and harbors:
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Cotonou, Porto-Novo |
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Merchant marine:
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none (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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5 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Armed Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force), National Gendarmerie |
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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: 1,509,760
note: both sexes are liable for military service (2002 est.) females age 15-49: 1,536,036 |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 771,373
females age 15-49: 778,730 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 71,278
females: 70,088 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$27 million (FY96) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.2% (FY96) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Benin and Niger have refered to the ICJ the dispute over l'Ete and 14 smaller disputed islands in the Niger River, which has never been delimited; with Nigeria, several villages are in dispute along the Okpara River and only 35 km of the 436 km boundary are demarcated; the Benin-Niger-Nigeria tripoint remains undemarcated; Benin accuses Togo of moving boundary markers and stationing troops in its territory; two villages are in dispute with Burkina Faso |
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Illicit drugs:
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transshipment point for narcotics associated with Nigerian trafficking organizations and most commonly destined for Western Europe and the US; vulnerable to money laundering due to a poorly regulated financial infrastructure |