k; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik
(Atlantic Ocean region)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:
3.9 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
58 (1997)

Televisions:
2.64 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.cu

Internet hosts:
1,529 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
5 (2001)

Internet users:
120,000 (2001)

Transportation Cuba

Railways:
total: 4,226 km
standard gauge: 4,226 km 1.435-m gauge (140 km electrified)
note: an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations;
about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge
(2003)

Highways:
total: 60,858 km
paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway)
unpaved: 31,038 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
240 km (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 49 km; oil 230 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Cienfuegos, Havana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas,
Santiago de Cuba

Merchant marine:
total: 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 54,818 GRT/81,850 DWT
registered in other countries: 35 (2004 est.)
by type: bulk 3, cargo 4, liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker 3,
refrigerated cargo 2

Airports:
170 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 79
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 20
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 37 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 91
914 to 1,523 m: 29
under 914 m: 62 (2004 est.)

Military Cuba

Military branches:
Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER),
Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR),
Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), Youth Labor Army (EJT)

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
17 years of age; both sexes are eligible for military service (2004
est.)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 3,134,622
females age 15-49: 3,075,534 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,929,370
females age 15-49: 1,888,498 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 83,992
females: 91,901 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$572.3 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.8% (2003)

Military - note:
Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of
Cuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993

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