), 711.98 (2000), 615.70 (1999), 589.95
(1998), 583.67 (1997), 511.55 (1996); note - from 1 January 1999,
the XAF is pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XAF per euro
Fiscal year: calendar year
Chad Communications
Telephones - main lines in use: 7,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular: NA
Telephone system: general assessment: primitive system
domestic: fair system of radiotelephone communication stations
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 5 (1998)
Radios: 1.67 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)
Televisions: 10,000 (1997)
Internet country code: .td
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
Internet users: 1,000 (2000)
Chad Transportation
Railways: 0 km
Highways: total: 33,400 km
paved: 267 km
unpaved: 33,133 km (1996)
Waterways: 2,000 km
Ports and harbors: none
Airports: 50 (2000 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 7
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 43
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 20
under 914 m: 11 (2000 est.)
Chad Military
Military branches: Armed Forces (includes Ground Force, Air Force,
and Gendarmerie), Republican Guard, Rapid Intervention Force,
Police, Rural and Nomadic Guard (GNNT)
Military manpower - military age: 20 years of age
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,814,578 (2001
est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49:
949,997 (2001 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 82,003
(2001 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $39 million (FY96)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 3.5% (FY96)
Chad Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: delimitation of international boundaries
in the vicinity of Lake Chad, the lack of which led to border
incidents in the past, has been completed and awaits ratification by
Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
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Chile Introduction
Background: A three-year-old Marxist government was overthrown in
1973 by a dictatorial military regime led by Augusto PINOCHET, which
ruled until a freely elected president was installed in 1990. Sound
economic policies, first
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