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Georgia
Sak'art'velo
former: Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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620,000 (1997) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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185,500 (2000) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: NA
domestic: local - T'bilisi and K'ut'aisi have cellular telephone networks; urban telephone density is about 20 per 100 people; rural telephone density is about 4 per 100 people; intercity facilities include a fiber-optic line between T'bilisi and K'ut'aisi; nationwide pager service is available international: Georgia and Russia are working on a fiber-optic line between P'ot'i and Sochi (Russia); present international service is available by microwave, landline, and satellite through the Moscow switch; international electronic mail and telex service are available |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 7, FM 12, shortwave 4 (1998) |
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Radios:
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3.02 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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12 (plus repeaters) (1998) |
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Televisions:
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2.57 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.ge |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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6 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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25,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 1,583 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,546 km 1.520-m gauge narrow gauge: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (2000 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 33,900 km
paved: 29,500 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 4,400 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 370 km; refined products 300 km; natural gas 440 km (1992) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Bat'umi, P'ot'i, Sokhumi |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 64 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 210,620 GRT/288,565 DWT
ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 46, container 5, petroleum tanker 7, roll on/roll off 1 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belize 1, Bulgaria 1, Cyprus 1, Ecuador 1, Egypt 4, Gibraltar 1, Greece 5, Jordan 1, Latvia 1, Liberia 1, Malta 1, Panama 9, Romania 8, Russia 4, Saint Kitts and Nevis 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3, Saudi Arabia 2, Syria 5, Turkey 2, Ukraine 7, United Arab Emirates 11, United Kingdom 1, United States 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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31 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 16
over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 3 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 15
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 under 914 m: 6 (2002) 914 to 1,523 m: 4 |
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Transportation - note:
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transportation network is in poor condition resulting from ethnic conflict, criminal activities, and fuel shortages; network lacks maintenance and repair |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Ground Forces (includes National Guard), combined Air and Air Defense Forces, Naval Forces, Republic Security and Police Forces (internal and border troops) |
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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: 1,300,259 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 1,027,407 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 41,561 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$23 million (FY00) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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0.59% (FY00) |
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Military - note:
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a CIS peacekeeping force of Russian troops is deployed in the Abkhazia region of Georgia together with a UN military observer group; a Russian peacekeeping battalion is deployed in South Ossetia |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Chechen and other insurgents transit Pankisi Gorge to infiltrate Akhmeti region; boundary with Russia has been largely delimited, but not demarcated; several small, strategic segments remain in dispute |
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Illicit drugs:
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limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for domestic consumption; used as transshipment point for opiates via Central Asia to Western Europe and Russia |