and open-wire lines for conventional
system; cellular system has capacity of 10,000 telephones
international: country code - 228; satellite earth stations - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Symphonie
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios:
940,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
3 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
73,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.tg
Internet hosts:
82 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
3 (2001)
Internet users:
210,000 (2003)
Transportation Togo
Railways:
total: 568 km
narrow gauge: 568 km 1.000-m gauge (2004)
Highways:
total: 7,520 km
paved: 2,376 km
unpaved: 5,144 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:
50 km (seasonally on Mono River depending on rainfall) (2003)
Ports and harbors:
Kpeme, Lome
Merchant marine:
total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 3,918 GRT/3,852 DWT
by type: cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1 (2005)
Airports:
9 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Military Togo
Military branches:
Togolese Armed Forces (FAT): Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie
(2005)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary and compulsory military service (2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,148,890 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 629,933 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$35.5 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.9% (2004)
Transnational Issues Togo
Disputes - international:
in 2001 Benin claimed Togo moved boundary monuments - joint
commission continues to resurvey the boundary
Illicit drugs:
transit hub for Nigerian heroin and cocaine traffickers; money
laundering not a significant problem
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005
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@Tokelau
Introduction Tokelau
Background:
Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island
groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in
1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925.
Geography Tokelau
Location:
Oceania, group of three atolls in the South Pacific Ocea
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