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Republic of Iraq
Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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675,000 (1997); note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April war |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: an unknown number of telecommunication facilities were damaged during the March-April 2003 war
domestic: the network consists of coaxial cables and microwave radio relay links international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Arabsat (inoperative); coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey; Kuwait line is probably nonoperational |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 19 (5 are inactive), FM 51, shortwave 4 (1998) |
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Radios:
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4.85 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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13 (1997); note - unknown number were destroyed during the March-April 2003 war |
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Televisions:
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1.75 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.iq |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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12,500 (2001) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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1,963 km
standard gauge: 1,963 km 1.435-m gauge (2003) |
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Highways:
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total: 45,550 km
paved: 38,400 km unpaved: 7,150 km (1996 est.) |
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Waterways:
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1,015 km
note: Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use; Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft boats; Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf war |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 4,350 km; petroleum products 725 km; natural gas 1,360 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Umm Qasr, Khawr az Zubayr, and Al Basrah have limited functionality |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 119,433 GRT/170,221 DWT
ships by type: cargo 9, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 6, roll on/roll off 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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150 (2002); note - unknown number were damaged during the March-April 2003 war |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 77
over 3,047 m: 21 2,438 to 3,047 m: 36 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 9 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 73
under 914 m: 11 (2002) over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 28 1,524 to 2,437 m: 24 |
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Heliports:
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5 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Republican Guard, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, Border Guard Force, Fedayeen Saddam; note - with the defeat of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, the data listed in the following entries for Iraq is invalid, but is retained here for historical purposes and until replaced by valid information related to the future Iraqi Government (April 2003) |
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Military manpower - military age:
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18 years of age (2003 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 6,339,458 (2003 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 3,541,467 (2003 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 292,930 (2003 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$1.3 billion (FY00) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA% |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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despite restored diplomatic relations in 1990, disputes with Iran over maritime and land boundaries, navigation channel, and other issues from eight-year war persist; land and Shatt al Arab boundary demarcation put an end to claims to Kuwait and to Bubiyan and Warbah islands, but no maritime boundary exists with Kuwait in the Persian Gulf; Iraq protests Turkey's hydrological projects to regulate the Tigris and Euphrates rivers upstream |