ast stations:

62 (2005)

Televisions:

782,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.uy

Internet hosts:

480,593 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

14 (2001)

Internet users:

968,000 (2007)

Transportation
Uruguay

Airports:

60 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 9
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 51
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 19
under 914 m: 29 (2007)

Pipelines:

gas 257 km; oil 160 km (2007)

Railways:

total: 2,073 km
standard gauge: 2,073 km 1.435-m gauge
note: 461 km have been taken out of service and 460 km are in
partial use (2006)

Roadways:

total: 77,732 km
paved: 7,743 km
unpaved: 69,989 km (2004)

Waterways:

1,600 km (2005)

Merchant marine:

total: 17
by type: cargo 3, chemical tanker 2, passenger/cargo 9, petroleum
tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 10 (Argentina 3, Greece 1, Spain 6)
registered in other countries: 3 (Liberia 3) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Montevideo

Military
Uruguay

Military branches:

Uruguayan Armed Forces: Army (Ejercito), Navy (Armada Nacional;
includes naval air arm, Marines, Maritime Prefecture in wartime),
Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya, FAU) (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age for voluntary and compulsory military service;
enlistment is voluntary in peacetime, but the government has the
authority to conscript in emergencies (2007)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 837,252
females age 16-49: 824,096 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 703,955
females age 16-49: 690,296 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 27,082
female: 26,075 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

1.6% of GDP (2006)

Transnational Issues
Uruguay

Disputes - international:

in Jan 2007, ICJ provisionally ruled Uruguay may begin construction
of two paper mills on the Uruguay River, which forms the border with
Argentina, while the court examines further whether Argentina has
the legal right to stop such construction with potential
environmental implications to both countries; uncontested dispute
with Brazil over certain islands in the Quarai/Cuareim and Invernada
streams and the resulting tripoint with Argentina

Illicit drugs: