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United Republic of Tanzania
former: United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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127,000 (1998) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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30,000 (1999) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: fair system operating below capacity and being modernized for better service; VSAT (very small aperture terminal) system under construction
domestic: trunk service provided by open-wire, microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and fiber-optic cable; some links being made digital international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2 (1998) |
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Radios:
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8.8 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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3 (1999) |
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Televisions:
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103,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.tz |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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6 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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300,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge (2002) |
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Highways:
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total: 85,000 km
paved: 4,250 km unpaved: 80,750 km (2001) |
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Waterways:
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Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa are principal avenues of commerce between Tanzania and its neighbors on those lakes |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 982 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Kigoma, Kilwa Masoko, Lindi, Mtwara, Mwanza, Pangani, Tanga, Wete, Zanzibar |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,781 GRT/33,805 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger 2 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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123 (2002) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 11
over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 112
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18 914 to 1,523 m: 60 under 914 m: 34 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Tanzanian People's Defense Force (including Army, Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary Police Field Force Unit (including Police Marine Unit and Police Air Wing), territorial militia |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 8,477,193 (2003 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 4,911,235 (2003 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$19.68 million (FY02) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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0.2% (FY02) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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disputes with Malawi over the boundary in Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and the meandering Songwe River remain dormant |
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Illicit drugs:
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growing role in transshipment of Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and South American cocaine destined for South African, European, and US markets and of South Asian methaqualone bound for Southern Africa; money laundering remains a problem |