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Kyrgyz Republic
Kyrgyz Respublikasy
Kyrgyzstan
former: Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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351,000 (1997) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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NA |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: poorly developed; about 100,000 unsatisfied applications for household telephones
domestic: principally microwave radio relay; one cellular provider, probably limited to Bishkek region international: connections with other CIS countries by landline or microwave radio relay and with other countries by leased connections with Moscow international gateway switch and by satellite; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik and 1 Intelsat; connected internationally by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 12 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998) |
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Radios:
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520,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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NA (repeater stations throughout the country relay programs from Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkey) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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210,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.kg |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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NA |
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Internet users:
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51,600 (2001) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 370 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 370 km 1.520-m gauge (1990) |
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Highways:
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total: 30,300 km (including 140 km of expressways)
paved: 22,600 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 7,700 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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600 km (1990) |
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Pipelines:
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natural gas 200 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Balykchy (Ysyk-Kol or Rybach'ye) |
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Airports:
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50 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 4
over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 46
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 32 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Air and Air Defense, Security Forces, 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: 1,234,457 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 1,001,274 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 50,590 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$19.2 million (FY01) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.4% (FY01) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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territorial dispute with Tajikistan on southwestern boundary in Isfara Valley area; dispute over access to Sokh and other Uzbek enclaves in Kyrgyzstan mars progress on boundary delimitation; disputes over provision of water and hydroelectric power to Kazakhstan; periodic target of Islamic insurgents from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan |
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Illicit drugs:
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limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy for CIS markets; limited government eradication of illicit crops; transit point for Southwest Asian narcotics bound for Russia and the rest of Europe |