COMMUNICATIONS
Telephones - main lines in use:
722,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1 million (2000)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: 100% digital (2000)
international: NA
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 17, FM 160, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
805,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
48 (2001)
Televisions:
710,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.si
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
11 (2000)
Internet users:
600,000 (2001)
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TRANSPORTATION
Railways:
total: 1,201 km
standard gauge: 1,201 km 1.435-m gauge (499 km electrified) (2002)
Highways:
total: 19,586 km
paved: 17,745 km (including 249 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,841 km (1998 est.)
Waterways:
NA
Pipelines:
crude oil 290 km; natural gas 305 km
Ports and harbors:
Izola, Koper, Piran
Airports:
16 (2002)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 6
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 5 (2002)
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MILITARY
Military branches:
Slovenian Army (includes Air and Naval Forces)
Military manpower - military age:
19 years of age (2003 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 520,037 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 413,453 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 13,704 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$370 million (FY00)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.7% (FY00)
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TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
Disputes - international:
parliamentarians are far from ratifying the Croatia-Slovenia land and maritime boundary agreement, which would have ceded most of Piran Bay and maritime access to Slovenia and several villages to Croatia
Illicit drugs:
minor transit point for cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin bound for Western Europe, and for precursor chemicals
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