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Republic of Bolivia
Republica de Bolivia
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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327,600 (1996) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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116,000 (1997) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: new subscribers face bureaucratic difficulties; most telephones are concentrated in La Paz and other cities; mobile cellular telephone use expanding rapidly
domestic: primary trunk system, which is being expanded, employs digital microwave radio relay; some areas are served by fiber-optic cable; mobile cellular systems are being expanded international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77 (1999) |
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Radios:
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5.25 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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48 (1997) |
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Televisions:
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900,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.bo |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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9 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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78,000 (2000) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 3,691 km
narrow gauge: 3,652 km 1.000-m gauge; 39 km 0.760-m gauge (13 km electrified) (1995 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 49,400 km
paved: 2,500 km (including 30 km of expressways) unpaved: 46,900 km (1996) |
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Waterways:
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10,000 km (commercially navigable) |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 1,800 km; petroleum products 580 km; natural gas 1,495 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Puerto Aguirre (on the Paraguay/Parana waterway, at the Bolivia/Brazil border); also, Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 36 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 196,399 GRT/320,137 DWT
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 15, chemical tanker 2, container 1, petroleum tanker 13, roll on/roll off 2 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of Belize 2, China 2, Cuba 1, Cyprus 1, Egypt 1, Honduras 1, Latvia 2, Liberia 2, Panama 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Saudi Arabia 1, Singapore 1, South Korea 3, Switzerland 1, Ukraine 1, United Arab Emirates 5, United States 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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1,109 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 12
over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 1,069 1,096
over 3,047 m: 1 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 64 65 914 to 1,523 m: 225 236 under 914 m: 776 790 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army (Ejercito Boliviano), Navy (Fuerza Naval, includes Marines), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana), National Police Force (Policia Nacional de Bolivia) |
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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: 2,062,321 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 1,343,755 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 90,120 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$147 million (FY99) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.8% (FY99) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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continues to demand a sovereign corridor to the South Pacific Ocean since the Atacama region was lost to Chile in 1884 |
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Illicit drugs:
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world's third-largest cultivator of coca (after Colombia and Peru) with an estimated 24,400 hectares under cultivation in June 2002, a 23% increase from June 2001; intermediate coca products and cocaine exported to or through Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile to the US and other international drug markets; eradication and alternative crop programs under the SANCHEZ DE LOZADA administration have been unable to keep pace with farmers' attempts to increase cultivation after significant reductions in 1998 and 1999; money-laundering activity related to narcotics trade, especially along the borders with Brazil and Paraguay |