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Republic of Nicaragua
Republica de Nicaragua
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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140,000 (1996) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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7,911 (1997) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: inadequate system being upgraded by foreign investment
domestic: low-capacity microwave radio relay and wire system being expanded; connected to Central American Microwave System international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) and 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998) |
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Radios:
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1.24 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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320,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.ni |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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3 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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20,000 (2000) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 6 km
narrow gauge: 6 km 1.067-m gauge note: carries mostly passengers from Chichigalpa to Ingenio San Antonio (2001) |
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Highways:
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total: 16,382 km
paved: 1,818 km unpaved: 14,564 km (1998) |
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Waterways:
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2,220 km (including 2 large lakes) |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 56 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff, Puerto Cabezas, Puerto Sandino, Rama, San Juan del Sur |
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Merchant marine:
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none (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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182 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 3 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 165
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 23 under 914 m: 141 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Navy, Air Force |
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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: 1,308,430 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 802,779 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 58,232 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$26 million (FY98) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.2% (FY98) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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territorial disputes with Colombia over the Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank; with respect to the maritime boundary question in the Golfo de Fonseca, the ICJ referred to the line determined by the 1900 Honduras-Nicaragua Mixed Boundary Commission and advised that some tripartite resolution among El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua likely would be required; legal dispute over navigational rights of San Juan River on border with Costa Rica |
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Illicit drugs:
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transshipment point for cocaine destined for the US and transshipment point for arms-for-drugs dealing |