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Republic of Mauritius


 
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COMMUNICATIONS

Telephones - main lines in use:
280,900 (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
180,000 (2000)
Telephone system:
general assessment: small system with good service
domestic: primarily microwave radio relay trunk system
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); new microwave link to Reunion; HF radiotelephone links to several countries
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 4, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2002)
Radios:
420,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
2 (plus several repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
258,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.mu
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)
Internet users:
158,000 (2002)
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TRANSPORTATION

Railways:
0 km (2002)
Highways:
total: 1,860 km
paved: 1,786 km (including 36 km of expressways)
unpaved: 74 km (2001)
Waterways:
none
Ports and harbors:
Port Louis
Merchant marine:
total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 66,004 GRT/90,017 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2, combination bulk 2, container 2, refrigerated cargo 2
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience:, Belgium 1, India 3, Norway 1, Switzerland 2 (2002 est.)
Airports:
5 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2002)
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MILITARY

Military branches:
National Police Force (includes the paramilitary Special Mobile Force or SMF and National Coast Guard)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 340,050 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 171,239 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$9.1 million (FY01)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.2% (FY01)
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TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES

Disputes - international:
Mauritius claims the Chagos Archipelago (UK-administered British Indian Ocean Territory), and its former inhabitants, who reside chiefly in Mauritius, but were granted UK citizenship and the right to repatriation in 2001; claims French-administered Tromelin Island
Illicit drugs:
minor consumer and transshipment point for heroin from South Asia; small amounts of cannabis produced and consumed locally; significant offshore financial industry creates potential for money laundering, but corruption levels are relatively low and the government appears generally to be committed to regulating its banking industry
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