r US dollar - NA (2003), 1,975.84 (2002), 1,950.56
(2001), 1,746.87 (2000), 1,387.4 (1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Guinea

Telephones - main lines in use:
26,200 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
111,500 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: poor to fair system of open-wire lines, small
radiotelephone communication stations, and new microwave radio relay
system
domestic: microwave radio relay and radiotelephone communication
international: country code - 224; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 4 (one station is inactive), FM 1 (plus 7 repeaters), shortwave
3 (2001)

Radios:
357,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
6 low-power stations (2001)

Televisions:
85,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.gn

Internet hosts:
380 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
4 (2001)

Internet users:
40,000 (2003)

Transportation Guinea

Railways:
total: 837 km
standard gauge: 175 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 662 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 30,500 km
paved: 5,033 km
unpaved: 25,467 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
1,295 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2003)

Ports and harbors:
Boke, Conakry, Kamsar

Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,344 GRT/5,003 DWT
by type: cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: Iraq 1 (2003 est.)

Airports:
16 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)

Military Guinea

Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Republican Guard, Presidential Guard,
National Gendarmerie, General Directorate of National Police

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service
obligation - 2 years (2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 2,108,948 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,064,965 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$58.5 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.7% (2003)

Transnational Issues Guinea

Disputes - international:
domestic fighting among disparate