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Republic of Colombia
Republica de Colombia
former: Gran Colombia
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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5,433,565 (December 1997) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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1,800,229 (December 1998) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern system in many respects
domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system; domestic satellite system with 41 earth stations; fiber-optic network linking 50 cities international: satellite earth stations - 6 Intelsat, 1 Inmarsat; 3 fully digitalized international switching centers; 8 submarine cables |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 454, FM 34, shortwave 27 (1999) |
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Radios:
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21 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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60 (includes seven low-power stations) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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4.59 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.co |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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18 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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1.15 million (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 3,304 km
standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge (connects Cerrejon coal mines to maritime port at Bahia de Portete) narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (major sections not in use) (2000 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 110,000 km
paved: 26,000 km unpaved: 84,000 km (2000) |
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Waterways:
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18,140 km (navigable by river boats) (April 1996) |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 3,585 km; petroleum products 1,350 km; natural gas 830 km; natural gas liquids 125 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Bahia de Portete, Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Leticia, Puerto Bolivar, San Andres, Santa Marta, Tumaco, Turbo |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 32,438 GRT/43,126 DWT
ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 3, container 1, petroleum tanker 2 note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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1,066 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 96
over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 914 to 1,523 m: 36 under 914 m: 11 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 38 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 954
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 51 under 914 m: 587 (2002) 914 to 1,523 m: 315 |
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Heliports:
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1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army (Ejercito Nacional), Navy (Armada Nacional, including Marines and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Colombiana), National Police (Policia Nacional) |
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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: 10,946,932 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 7,308,703 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 379,295 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$3.3 billion (FY01) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.4% (FY01) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Nicaragua filed a claim against Honduras in 1999 and against Colombia in 2001 at the ICJ over disputed maritime boundary involving 50,000 sq km in the Caribbean Sea, including the Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank; maritime boundary dispute with Venezuela in the Gulf of Venezuela; Colombian drug activities penetrate Peruvian border area |
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Illicit drugs:
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illicit producer of coca, opium poppy, and cannabis; world's leading coca cultivator (cultivation of coca in 2001 was 169,800 hectares, a 25% increase over 2000); potential production of opium between 2000 and 2001 increased by 33% to 40 metric tons; potential production of heroin increased to 4.3 metric tons; the world's largest processor of coca derivatives into cocaine; supplier of about 90% of the cocaine to the US market and the great majority of cocaine to other international drug markets; important supplier of heroin to the US market; active aerial eradication program; a significant portion of non-US narcotics proceeds are either laundered or invested in Columbia through the black market peso exchange |