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Republic of Costa Rica
Republica de Costa Rica
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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450,000 (1998)
note: 584,000 installed in 1997, but only about 450,000 were in use in 1998 |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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143,000 (2000) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: very good domestic telephone service
domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available international: connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); two submarine cables (1999) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 50, FM 43, shortwave 19 (1998) |
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Radios:
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980,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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6 (plus 11 repeaters) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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525,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.cr |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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3 (of which only one is legal) (2000) |
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Internet users:
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384,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 950 km
narrow gauge: 950 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified) (2000 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 37,273 km
paved: 7,827 km unpaved: 29,446 km (1998 est.) |
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Waterways:
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730 km (seasonally navigable) |
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Pipelines:
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petroleum products 176 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Caldera, Golfito, Moin, Puerto Limon, Puerto Quepos, Puntarenas |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,716 GRT/NA DWT
ships by type: passenger 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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152 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 30
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 19 under 914 m: 8 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 121
914 to 1,523 m: 28 under 914 m: 93 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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no regular indigenous military forces; Air Section, Ministry of Public Forces (Fuerza Publica) |
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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: 1,058,283 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 707,927 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 39,411 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$69 million (FY99) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.6% (FY99) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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legal dispute over navigational rights of Rio San Juan on border with Nicaragua |
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Illicit drugs:
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transshipment country for cocaine and heroin from South America; illicit production of cannabis on small, scattered plots; domestic cocaine consumption is rising, particularly crack cocaine |