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Gabonese Republic
Republique Gabonaise
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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39,000 (1998) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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120,000 (2000) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: adequate service by African standards and improving with the help of the growing mobile cell system
domestic: adequate system of cable, microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, radiotelephone communication stations, and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations international: satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); fiber optic submarine cable to be in service in 2002 |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 6, FM 7 (and 11 repeaters), shortwave 4 (2001) |
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Radios:
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208,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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4 (plus four low-powered repeaters) (2001) |
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Televisions:
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63,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.ga |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2001) |
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Internet users:
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18,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 649 km
standard gauge: 649 km 1.435-m gauge; single-track (2001) |
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Highways:
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total: 8,454 km
paved: 838 km (including 30 km of expressways) unpaved: 7,616 km (2000) |
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Waterways:
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1,600 km (perennially navigable) |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 270 km; petroleum products 14 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Cap Lopez, Kango, Lambarene, Libreville, Mayumba, Owendo, Port-Gentil |
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Airports:
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59 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 10
over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 47
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 914 to 1,523 m: 15 under 914 m: 24 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential (Republican) Guard (charged with protecting the president and other senior officials), National Gendarmerie, National Police |
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Military manpower - military age:
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20 years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 284,358 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 146,908 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 11,304 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$70.8 million (FY01) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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2% (FY01) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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maritime boundary dispute with Equatorial Guinea because of disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay |