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Republic of Peru
Republica del Peru
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.8 million (2000) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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504,995 (1998) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: adequate for most requirements
domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); Pan American submarine cable |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999) |
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Radios:
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6.65 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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3.06 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.pe |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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10 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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3 million (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 2,102 km
standard gauge: 1,695 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 407 km 0.914-m gauge (2001) |
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Highways:
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total: 72,900 km
paved: 8,700 km unpaved: 64,200 km (1999 est.) |
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Waterways:
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8,808 km
note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lago Titicaca |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 800 km; natural gas and natural gas liquids 64 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Callao, Chimbote, Ilo, Matarani, Paita, Puerto Maldonado, Salaverry, San Martin, Talara, Iquitos, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas
note: Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are all on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 29,470 GRT/45,451 DWT
note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: United States 1 (2002 est.) ships by type: cargo 4, petroleum tanker 1 |
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Airports:
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239 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 49
over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 20 1,524 to 2,437 m: 13 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 2 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 184
1,524 to 2,437 m: 23 914 to 1,523 m: 61 under 914 m: 100 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army (Ejercito Peruano), Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru; includes Naval Air, Marines, and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea del Peru; FAP), National Police (includes General Police, Security Police, and Technical Police) |
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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: 7,356,395 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 4,944,952 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 276,458 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$1 billion (FY01) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.8% (FY01) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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dispute with Chile over the economic zone delimited by the maritime boundary; Colombian drug activities penetrate Peruvian border area |
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Illicit drugs:
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until 1996 the world's largest coca leaf producer; emerging opium producer; cultivation of coca in Peru increased by 8% to 36,600 hectares between 2001 and the end of 2002; much of the cocaine base is shipped to neighboring Colombia for processing into cocaine, while finished cocaine is shipped out from Pacific ports to the international drug market; increasing amounts of base and finished cocaine, however, are being moved to Brazil and Bolivia for use in the Southern Cone or transshipped to Europe and Africa |