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Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)

Internet users: 110,000 (2000)

Tunisia Transportation

Railways: total: 2,168 km

standard gauge: 471 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge: 1,687 km 1.000-m gauge

dual gauge: 10 km 1.000-m and 1.435-m gauges (three rails)

Highways: total: 23,100 km

paved: 18,226 km

unpaved: 4,874 km (1996)

Waterways: none

Pipelines: crude oil 797 km; petroleum products 86 km; natural gas
742 km

Ports and harbors: Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis,
Zarzis

Merchant marine: total: 15 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
149,554 GRT/156,861 DWT

ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 4, chemical tanker 3, liquefied gas 1,
petroleum tanker 1, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1
(2000 est.)

Airports: 32 (2000 est.)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 15

over 3,047 m: 3

2,438 to 3,047 m: 6

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 17

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 8

under 914 m: 7 (2000 est.)

Tunisia Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary forces,
National Guard

Military manpower - military age: 20 years of age

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,739,566 (2001
est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49:
1,561,484 (2001 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 105,146
(2001 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $356 million (FY99)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.5% (FY99)

Tunisia Transnational Issues

Disputes - international: none

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@Turkey

Turkey Introduction

Background: Turkey was created in 1923 from the Turkish remnants of
the Ottoman Empire. Soon thereafter the country instituted secular
laws to replace traditional religious fiats. In 1945 Turkey joined
the UN and in 1952 it became a member of NATO. Turkey occupied the
northern portion of Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of
the island; relations between the two countries remain strained.
Periodic military offensives against Kurdish separatists have
dislocated part of the population in southeast Turkey and have drawn
international condemnation.

Turkey Geography

Location: southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia (that portion of
Turkey west of the