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Republic of Burundi
Republika y'u Burundi
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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20,000 (2000) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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16,300 (2000) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: primitive system
domestic: sparse system of open wire, radiotelephone communications, and low-capacity microwave radio relay international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001) |
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Radios:
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440,000 (2001) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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1 (2001) |
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Televisions:
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25,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.bi |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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6,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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0 km |
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Highways:
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total: 14,480 km
paved: 1,028 km unpaved: 13,452 km (1996) |
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Waterways:
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Lake Tanganyika |
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Ports and harbors:
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Bujumbura |
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Airports:
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7 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 6 6
914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 3 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army (including naval and air units), Gendarmerie |
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Military manpower - military age:
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16 years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 1,439,032 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 752,584 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 79,360 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$36.9 million (FY01) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.3% (FY01) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Tutsi, Hutu, and other conflicting ethnic groups, political rebels, and various government forces continue fighting in Great Lakes region, transcending the boundaries of Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda |