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Republic of El Salvador
Republica de El Salvador
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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380,000 (1998) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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40,163 (1997) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: NA
domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998) |
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Radios:
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2.75 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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5 (1997) |
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Televisions:
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600,000 (1990) |
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Internet country code:
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.sv |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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4 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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40,000 (2000) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 562 km
narrow gauge: 562 km 0.914-m gauge note: length of operational route is reduced to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2001 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 10,029 km
paved: 1,986 km (including 327 km of expressways) unpaved: 8,043 km (1997) |
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Waterways:
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Rio Lempa partially navigable |
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Ports and harbors:
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Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco, La Libertad, La Union, Puerto El Triunfo |
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Merchant marine:
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none (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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83 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 4
over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 78
914 to 1,523 m: 17 under 914 m: 61 (2002) |
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Heliports:
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1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Navy (FNES), Air Force |
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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: 1,500,712 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 951,715 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 68,103 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$112 million (FY99) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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0.7% (FY99) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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El Salvador claims tiny Conejo Island off Honduras in the Golfo de Fonseca; many of the "bolsones" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras boundary remain undemarcated despite ICJ adjudication in 1992; with respect to the maritime boundary in the Golfo de Fonseca, the ICJ referred to the line determined by the 1900 Honduras-Nicaragua Mixed Boundary Commission and advised that some tripartite resolution among El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua likely would be required |
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Illicit drugs:
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transshipment point for cocaine; small amounts of marijuana produced for local consumption; domestic cocaine abuse on the rise |