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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosna i Hercegovina
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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303,000 (1997) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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9,000 (1997) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: telephone and telegraph network needs modernization and expansion; many urban areas are below average as contrasted with services in other former Yugoslav republics
domestic: NA international: no satellite earth stations |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 8, FM 16, shortwave 1 (1998) |
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Radios:
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940,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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33 (plus 277 repeaters) (September 1995) |
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Televisions:
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NA |
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Internet country code:
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.ba |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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3 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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45,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 1,021 km (795 km electrified; operating as diesel or steam until grids are repaired)
standard gauge: 1,021 km 1.435-m gauge; note - many segments still need repair and/or reconstruction because of war damage (2000 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 21,846 km
paved: 14,020 km note: road system is in need of maintenance and repair (2001) unpaved: 7,826 km |
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Waterways:
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NA km; large sections of the Sava blocked by downed bridges, silt, and debris |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 174 km; natural gas 90 km (1992) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Bosanska Gradiska, Bosanski Brod, Bosanski Samac, and Brcko (all inland waterway ports on the Sava), Orasje |
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Merchant marine:
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none (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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27 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 3 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 19
under 914 m: 11 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 7 |
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Heliports:
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5 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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VF Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army), VRS Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army) |
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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: 1,131,537 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 898,117 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 29,757 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$NA |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA% |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro have delimited about half of their boundary, but several segments, particularly along the meandering Drina River, remain in dispute; discussions continue with Croatia on the disputed boundary in the Una River near Kostajnica, Hrvatska Dubica, and Zeljava; protests Croatian claim to the tip of the Klek Peninsula and several islands near Neum |
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Illicit drugs:
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minor transit point for marijuana and opiate trafficking routes to Western Europe; organized crime launders money, but the lack of a well-developed financial infrastructure limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center |