l requirements

domestic: submarine cable and microwave radio relay between islands

international: 2 submarine cables; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 18, shortwave 6 (1999)

Radios: 255,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 6 (2000)

Televisions: 280,000 (1997)

Internet country code: .mt

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2000)

Internet users: 40,000 (2000)

Malta Transportation

Railways: 0 km

Highways: total: 1,742 km

paved: 1,677 km

unpaved: 65 km (1997)

Waterways: none

Ports and harbors: Marsaxlokk, Valletta

Merchant marine: total: 1,414 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
28,191,090 GRT/46,773,603 DWT

ships by type: bulk 443, cargo 394, chemical tanker 48, combination
bulk 12, combination ore/oil 14, container 69, liquefied gas 2,
livestock carrier 3, multi-functional large-load carrier 2,
passenger 7, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 296, refrigerated
cargo 37, roll on/roll off 50, short-sea passenger 15, specialized
tanker 3, vehicle carrier 18

note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag
of convenience: Argentina 1, Bermuda 1, Belgium 1, Bangladesh 2,
Bulgaria 11, China 7, Costa Rica 1, Cuba 2, Cyprus 15, Denmark 1,
Estonia 2, Finland 1, Germany 23, Greece 258, Hong Kong 3, Croatia
9, Hungary 1, India 2, Israel 2, Italy 17, South Korea 1, Lebanon 2,
Latvia 2, Lithuania 1, Monaco 14, Nigeria 1, Netherlands 10, Norway
31, Poland 8, Romania 3, Russia 39, Singapore 6, Spain 3, Sweden 3,
Syria 1, Switzerland 25, UAE 2, Turkey 24, UK 8, Ukraine 9, US 9,
Venezuela 1, Vietnam 1 (2000 est.)

Airports: 1 (2000 est.)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 1

over 3,047 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Malta Military

Military branches: Armed Forces (including land forces, an air
squadron, a maritime squadron, and the Revenue Security Corps),
Maltese Police Force

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 98,953 (2001
est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49:
78,783 (2001 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $201 million (FY98)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 5.5% (FY98)

Malta Transnational Issues

Disputes - international: none

Illicit drugs: minor transshipment point for hashish from North
Africa to Western Europe

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