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Republic of Yemen
Al Jumhuriyah al Yamaniyah
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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291,359 (1999) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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32,042 (2000) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: since unification in 1990, efforts have been made to create a national telecommunications network
domestic: the national network consists of microwave radio relay, cable, tropospheric scatter, and GSM cellular mobile telephone systems international: satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 2 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and Djibouti |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998) |
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Radios:
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1.05 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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7 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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470,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.ye |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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17,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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0 km |
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Highways:
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total: 69,263 km
paved: 9,963 km unpaved: 59,300 km (1999) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 644 km; petroleum products 32 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Aden, Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla, As Salif, Ras Issa, Mocha, Nishtun |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 18,623 GRT/23,752 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 1 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Hong Kong 2 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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44 (2002) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 16
over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 28
over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 4 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army (includes Special Forces, established in 1999), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard |
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Military manpower - military age:
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14 years of age (2003 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 4,443,312 (2003 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 2,493,612 (2003 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 249,292 (2003 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$482.5 million (FY01) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.2% (FY01) |
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Military - note:
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establishment of a Coast Guard, scheduled for May 2001, has been delayed |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Eritrea protests Yemeni fishing around the Hanish islands awarded to Eritrea by the ICJ in 1999; nomadic groups in border region with Saudi Arabia resist demarcation of boundary |