domestic: minimal system
international: country code - 239; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1 (2002)

Radios:
38,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
2 (2002)

Televisions:
23,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.st

Internet hosts:
1,069 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2002)

Internet users:
15,000 (2003)

Transportation Sao Tome and Principe

Highways:
total: 320 km
paved: 218 km
unpaved: 102 km (1999 est.)

Ports and harbors:
Sao Tome

Merchant marine:
total: 15 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 79,490 GRT/97,077 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 11, chemical tanker 2
foreign-owned: 2 (Egypt 1, Greece 1) (2005)

Airports:
2 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Military Sao Tome and Principe

Military branches:
Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe (FASTP): Army, Coast Guard,
Presidential Guard (2004)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.) (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 33,438 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 25,950 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$700,000 (2004)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.8% (2004)

Military - note:
Sao Tome and Principe's army is a tiny force with almost no
resouces at its disposal and would be wholly ineffective operating
unilaterally; infantry equipment is considered simple to operate and
maintain but may require refurbishment or replacement after 25 years
in tropical climates; poor pay and conditions have been a problem in
the past, as has alleged nepotism in the promotion of officers, as
reflected in the 1995 and 2003 coups; these issues are being
addressed with foreign assistance as intial steps towards the
improvement of the army and its focus on realistic security
concerns; command is excersized from the president, through the
Minister of Defense, to the Chief of the Armed Forces staff (2005)

Transnational Issues Sao Tome and Principe

Disputes - international:
none

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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Introduction Saudi Arabia

Background:
In 1902, ABD AL