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Republic of Cuba
Republica de Cuba
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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473,031 (2000) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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2,994 (1997) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: NA
domestic: principal trunk system, end to end of country, is coaxial cable; fiber-optic distribution in Havana and on Isla de la Juventud; 2 microwave radio relay installations (one is old, US-built; the other newer, built during the period of Soviet support); both analog and digital mobile cellular service established international: satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998) |
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Radios:
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3.9 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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58 (1997) |
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Televisions:
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2.64 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.cu |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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5 (2001) |
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Internet users:
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120,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 4,807 km
standard gauge: 4,807 km 1.435-m gauge, in public use (147 km electrified) note: in addition to the 4,807 km of standard-gauge track in public use, 7,162 km of track is in private use by sugar plantations; about 90% of the private use track is standard gauge and the rest is narrow gauge (2000 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 60,858 km
paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway) unpaved: 31,038 km (1997) |
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Waterways:
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240 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Cienfuegos, Havana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas, Santiago de Cuba |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 44,187 GRT/63,416 DWT
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 6, liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 3 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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172 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 78
over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 20 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 36 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 94
914 to 1,523 m: 30 under 914 m: 64 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) including Ground Forces, Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), and Youth Labor Army (EJT); note - the Border Guard Troops (TGF) are controlled by the Interior Ministry |
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Military manpower - military age:
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17 years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 3,102,312
females age 15-49: 3,036,549 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 1,915,586
females age 15-49: 1,869,867 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 86,632
females: 79,562 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$NA |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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roughly 4% (FY95 est.) |
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Military - note:
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Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of Cuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993 |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased to US and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease |
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Illicit drugs:
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territorial waters and air space serve as transshipment zone for cocaine and heroin bound for the US and Europe; established the death penalty for certain drug-related crimes in 1999 |