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Rwandese Republic
Republika y'u Rwanda
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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11,000 (1999) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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11,000 (1999)
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several prefecture capitals (2002) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: telephone system primarily serves business and government
domestic: the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the prefectures by microwave radio relay and, recently, by cellular telephone service; much of the network depends on wire and HF radiotelephone international: international connections employ microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) in Kigali (includes telex and telefax service) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 0, FM 3 (two main FM programs are broadcast through a system of repeaters and the third FM program is a 24 hour BBC program), shortwave 1 (2002) |
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Radios:
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601,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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NA |
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Televisions:
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NA; probably less than 1,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.rw |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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2 (2002) |
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Internet users:
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20,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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0 km |
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Highways:
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total: 12,000 km
paved: 1,000 km unpaved: 11,000 km (1997 est.) |
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Waterways:
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note: Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft |
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Ports and harbors:
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Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye |
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Airports:
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8 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 4
over 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 3 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 1,858,443 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 946,990 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$58 million (FY01) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.1% (FY01) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Tutsi, Hutu and other ethnic groups, political rebels, and various government forces continue fighting in Great Lakes region, transcending the boundaries of Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda |