4 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (1999)

Internet users:
150,000 (2002)

Transportation Moldova

Railways:
total: 1,138 km
broad gauge: 1,124 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2004)

Highways:
total: 12,719 km
paved: 10,977 km
unpaved: 1,742 km (2002)

Waterways:
424 km (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 606 km (2004)

Merchant marine:
total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,636 GRT/1,088 DWT
by type: cargo 2 (2005)

Airports:
23 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 6
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 17
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)

Military Moldova

Military branches:
National Army: Ground Forces, Air Force

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; national service
obligation - 12 months (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,066,459 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 693,913 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 43,729 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$8.7 million (2004)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.4% (FY02)

Transnational Issues Moldova

Disputes - international:
Moldova and Ukraine have established joint customs posts to monitor
transit through Moldova's break-away Transnistria Region which
remains under OSCE supervision

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 1,000 (internal secessionist uprising in Transdniestrian
region in 1991) (2004)

Illicit drugs:
limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for CIS
consumption; transshipment point for illicit drugs from Southwest
Asia via Central Asia to Russia, Western Europe, and possibly the
US; widespread crime and underground economic activity

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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@Monaco

Introduction Monaco

Background:
Economic development was spurred in the late 19th century with a
railroad linkup to France and the opening of a casino. Since then,
the principality's mild climate, splendid scenery, and gambling
facilities have made Monaco world famous as a tourist and recr