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British Indian Ocean Territory
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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NA |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: separate facilities for military and public needs are available
domestic: all commercial telephone services are available, including connection to the Internet international: international telephone service is carried by satellite (2000) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998) |
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Radios:
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NA |
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Television broadcast stations:
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1 (1997) |
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Televisions:
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NA |
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Internet country code:
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.io |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2000) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Highways:
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total: NA km
paved: short stretch of paved road of NA km between port and airfield on Diego Garcia unpaved: NA km |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Ports and harbors:
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Diego Garcia |
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Airports:
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1 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military - note:
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defense is the responsibility of the UK; the US lease on Diego Garcia expires in 2016 |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Mauritius and Seychelles claim the Chagos Archipelago and its former inhabitants, who reside chiefly in Mauritius, but in 2001 were granted UK citizenship and the right to repatriation since eviction in 1965; repatriation is complicated by the US military lease of Diego Garcia, the largest island in the chain |