diotelephone links to Martinique and Guadeloupe; VHF and UHF
radiotelephone links to Saint Lucia

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 0 (2003)

Radios:

46,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (2004)

Televisions:

6,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.dm

Internet hosts:

29 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

16 (2000)

Internet users:

26,500 (2006)

Transportation
Dominica

Airports:

2 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 780 km
paved: 393 km
unpaved: 387 km (2000)

Merchant marine:

total: 53
by type: bulk carrier 14, cargo 27, chemical tanker 3, petroleum
tanker 5, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1, vehicle carrier 1
foreign-owned: 47 (Australia 2, Estonia 7, Greece 10, India 2,
Latvia 1, Norway 1, Russia 3, Saudi Arabia 2, Singapore 7, Syria 2,
Turkey 5, Ukraine 4, UAE 1) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Portsmouth, Roseau

Military
Dominica

Military branches:

no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force
(includes Coast Guard) (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 18,584 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 15,648 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 756
female: 713 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

NA (2006)

Transnational Issues
Dominica

Disputes - international:

Dominica is the only Caribbean state to challenge Venezuela's
sovereignty claim over Aves Island and joins the other island
nations in challenging whether the feature sustains human
habitation, a criterion under the UN Convention on the Law of the
Sea (UNCLOS), which permits Venezuela to extend its Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) and continental shelf claims over a large
portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea

Illicit drugs:

transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; minor
cannabis producer; anti-money-laundering enforcement is weak, making
the country particularly vulnerable to money laundering

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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@Dominican Republic

Introduction
Dominican Republic

Background:

Explored and claimed by Christopher COLUMBUS on his first voyage in
1492, the island of