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Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Libya
Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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500,000 (1998) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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20,000 (1998) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: telecommunications system is being modernized; mobile cellular telephone system became operational in 1996
domestic: microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, cellular, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations international: satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat, NA Arabsat, and NA Intersputnik; submarine cables to France and Italy; microwave radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt; tropospheric scatter to Greece; participant in Medarabtel (1999) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 16, FM 3, shortwave 3 (2002) |
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Radios:
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1.35 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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12 (plus one low-power repeater) (1999) |
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Televisions:
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730,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.ly |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2002) |
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Internet users:
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20,000 (2001) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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note: Libya has had no railroad in operation since 1965, all previous systems having been dismantled; current plans are to construct a 1.435-m standard-gauge line from the Tunisian frontier to Tripoli and Misratah, then inland to Sabha, center of a mineral-rich area, but there has been little progress; other plans made jointly with Egypt would establish a rail line from As Sallum, Egypt, to Tobruk with completion originally set for mid-1994; Libya signed contracts with two private companies - Bahne of Egypt and Jez Sistemas Ferroviarios of Spain - in 1998 for the supply of crossings and pointwork (2001) |
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Highways:
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total: 24,484 km
paved: 6,798 km unpaved: 17,686 km note: data for the length of unpaved roads include the assumption that because they were listed as secondary roads, they are unpaved; some may be paved and some part of the primary roads may not be paved (1996) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 4,383 km; petroleum products 443 km (includes liquefied petroleum gas or LPG 256 km); natural gas 1,947 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Al Khums, Banghazi, Darnah, Marsa al Burayqah, Misratah, Ra's Lanuf, Tobruk, Tripoli, Zuwarah |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 209,000 GRT/278,277 DWT
ships by type: cargo 9, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 3, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 4, short-sea passenger 4 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Algeria 1, Kuwait 1, United Arab Emirates 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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136 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 58
over 3,047 m: 23 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 2 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 22 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 78
under 914 m: 18 (2002) over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 39 1,524 to 2,437 m: 14 |
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Heliports:
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1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Armed Peoples on Duty (Army), Navy, Air and Air Defense Command (includes Air Force) |
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Military manpower - military age:
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17 years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 1,503,647 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 890,783 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 61,694 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$1.3 billion (FY99/00) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.9% (FY99/00) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Chadian rebels from Aozou region reside in Libya; Libya claims about 19,400 sq km in Niger as well as part of southeastern Algeria in currently dormant disputes |