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Republic of Croatia
Republika Hrvatska
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1,721,139 (2000) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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1.3 million (2001) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: NA
domestic: reconstruction plan calls for replacement of all analog circuits with digital and enlarging the network; a backup will be included in the plan for the main trunk international: digital international service is provided through the main switch in Zagreb; Croatia participates in the Trans-Asia-Europe (TEL) fiber-optic project which consists of two fiber-optic trunk connections with Slovenia and a fiber-optic trunk line from Rijeka to Split and Dubrovnik; Croatia is also investing in ADRIA 1, a joint fiber-optic project with Germany, Albania, and Greece (2000) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999) |
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Radios:
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1.51 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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36 (plus 321 repeaters) (September 1995) |
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Televisions:
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1.22 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.hr |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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9 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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480,000 (2001) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 2,726 km
standard gauge: 2,726 km 1.435-m gauge (NA electrified) (2000) |
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Highways:
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total: 28,009 km
paved: 23,695 km (including 330 km of expressways) unpaved: 4,314 km (2001) |
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Waterways:
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785 km
note: (perennially navigable; large sections of Sava blocked by downed bridges, silt, and debris) |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 670 km; petroleum products 20 km; natural gas 310 km (1992) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Dubrovnik, Dugi Rat, Omisalj, Ploce, Pula, Rijeka, Sibenik, Split, Vukovar (inland waterway port on Danube), Zadar |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 49 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 681,465 GRT/1,076,315 DWT
note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Hong Kong 1 (2002 est.) ships by type: bulk 14, cargo 13, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 5, container 1, multi-functional large-load carrier 3, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 4, short-sea passenger 3 |
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Airports:
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67 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 22
over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 8 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 45
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 37 (2002) |
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Heliports:
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1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Ground Forces (Hrvatska Vojska, HV), Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces |
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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: 1,086,578 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 860,497 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 30,037 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$520 million (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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2.39% (2002 est.) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina continue discussions on the disputed boundary in the Una River near Kostajnica, Hrvatska Dubica, and Zeljava; Bosnia and Herzegovina also protests Croatian claim to the tip of the Klek Peninsula and several islands near Neum; Hungary opposes Croatian plan to build a hydropower dam on the boundary stream Drava; Slovenia and Croatia have not obtained parliamentary ratification of 2001 land and maritime boundary treaty which cedes villages on the Dragonja River and Sveta Gera (Trdinov Peak) to Croatia, and most of Pirin Bay to Slovenia, but restricts Slovenian access to the open sea; Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro continue to discuss disputed Prevlaka Peninsula and control over the Gulf of Kotor despite imminent UN intention to withdraw observer mission (UNMOP); Croatia and Italy are still trying to resolve bilateral property and ethnic minority rights dating from World War II |
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Illicit drugs:
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transit point along the Balkan route for Southwest Asian heroin to Western Europe; has been used as a transit point for maritime shipments of South American cocaine bound for Western Europe |