112 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:
3.06 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.pe

Internet hosts:
65,868 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
10 (2000)

Internet users:
2.85 million (2003)

Transportation Peru

Railways:
total: 3,462 km
standard gauge: 2,962 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 500 km 0.914-m gauge (2004)

Highways:
total: 78,230 km
paved: 10,452 km
unpaved: 67,778 km (2001)

Waterways:
8,808 km
note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km
of Lago Titicaca (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 388 km; oil 1,557 km; refined products 13 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas
note: Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of
the Amazon and its tributaries

Merchant marine:
total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 13,666 GRT/17,611 DWT
by type: cargo 3, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 1 (United States 1)
registered in other countries: 14 (2005)

Airports:
234 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 52
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 20
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 182
1,524 to 2,437 m: 21
914 to 1,523 m: 62
under 914 m: 99 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
1 (2004 est.)

Military Peru

Military branches:
Army (Ejercito Peruano), Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru; includes
Naval Air, Naval Infantry, and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea
del Peru; FAP)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service (1999)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 6,647,874 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 4,938,417 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 277,105 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$829.3 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.4% (2004)

Transnational Issues Peru

Disputes - international:
Peru proposes changing its latitudinal maritime boundary with Chile
to an equidistance line with a southwestern axis; organized illegal
narcotics operations in Colombia have penetrated Peru's shared
border; Peru does not support Bolivia's claim to restore maritime
access through a sovereign corridor through Chile along the Peruvian
border

Refugees and internally d