s 166 repeaters)
note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands (1995)

Televisions:
3.31 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.pt

Internet hosts:
346,078 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
16 (2000)

Internet users:
3.6 million (2002)

Transportation Portugal

Railways:
total: 2,850 km
broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge (2004)

Highways:
total: 17,135 km
paved: 14,736 km (including 1,659 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,399 km (2002)

Waterways:
210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2003)

Pipelines:
gas 1,099 km; oil 8 km; refined products 174 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines

Merchant marine:
total: 114 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 872,557 GRT/1,236,025 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 38, chemical tanker 14, container 7,
liquefied gas 9, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 7, petroleum tanker 9,
roll on/roll off 4, vehicle carrier 8
foreign-owned: 97 (Australia 1, Belgium 6, Denmark 5, Germany 18,
Greece 4, Iceland 1, Italy 11, Japan 8, Lebanon 1, Malta 1, Norway
4, Spain 19, Switzerland 4)
registered in other countries: 28 (2005)

Airports:
65 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 42
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 10 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 23
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 22 (2004 est.)

Military Portugal

Military branches:
Army, Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps), Air Force
(Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP), National Republican Guard (Guarda
Nacional Republicana) (2005)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; compulsory military
service was ended in 2004 (January 2005)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,435,042 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,952,819 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 67,189 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$3,497.8 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.3% (2003)

Transnational Issues Portugal

Disputes - international:
none

Illicit drugs:
gateway country for Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian
heroin entering the European market (especially from Brazil);
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