significantly

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Zimbabwe

Telephones - main lines in use:
300,900 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
379,100 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, but
now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstanding
requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed
but unused main lines
domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines,
radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loop
installations, and a substantial mobile cellular network; Internet
connection is available in Harare and planned for all major towns
and for some of the smaller ones
international: country code - 263; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat; two international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and
Gweru)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:
1.14 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
16 (1997)

Televisions:
370,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.zw

Internet hosts:
4,501 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
6 (2000)

Internet users:
500,000 (2002)

Transportation Zimbabwe

Railways:
total: 3,077 km
narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2004)

Highways:
total: 18,338 km
paved: 8,692 km
unpaved: 9,646 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
on Lake Kariba, length small (2003)

Pipelines:
refined products 261 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Binga, Kariba

Airports:
404 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 17
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 8 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 387
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 186
under 914 m: 196 (2004 est.)

Military Zimbabwe

Military branches:
Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of
Zimbabwe (AFZ), Zimbabwe Republic Police (2005)

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

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,840,053 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,148,590 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$217 million (2004)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
4.3% (2004)

Transnational Issues Zimbabwe

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