rket value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
Currency (code):
Australian dollar (AUD)
Currency code:
AUD
Exchange rates:
Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 1.2137 (2007), 1.3285
(2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003)
Communications
Kiribati
Telephones - main lines in use:
4,500 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
700 (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: generally good quality national and
international service
domestic: wire line service available on Tarawa and Kiritimati
(Christmas Island); connections to outer islands by HF/VHF
radiotelephone; wireless service available in Tarawa since 1999
international: country code - 686; Kiribati is being linked to the
Pacific Ocean Cooperative Telecommunications Network, which should
improve telephone service; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
(Pacific Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (may be inactive) (2002)
Radios:
17,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (possibly inactive) (2002)
Televisions:
1,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.ki
Internet hosts:
9 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
2,000 (2007)
Transportation
Kiribati
Airports:
19 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 4 (2007)
Roadways:
total: 670 km (2000)
Waterways:
5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2007)
Merchant marine:
total: 43
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 18, chemical tanker 3, petroleum
tanker 6, refrigerated cargo 14
foreign-owned: 31 (China 15, Hong Kong 4, South Korea 2, Singapore
4, Taiwan 5, Turkey 1) (2008)
Ports and terminals:
Betio
Military
Kiribati
Military branches:
no regular military forces (constitutionally prohibited); Police
Force (2008)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 26,377 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 17,577 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 1,247
female: 1,226 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures:
NA
Military - note:
Kiribati does not have military forces; defense assistance is
provided by Australia and NZ
Transnational Issues
Kiribati
Disputes - internati
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