nian denar (MKD)

Currency code:
MKD

Exchange rates:
Macedonian denars per US dollar - NA (2003), 64.3498 (2002),
68.0371 (2001), 65.9039 (2000), 56.9018 (1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Macedonia

Telephones - main lines in use:
560,000 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
365,300 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: country code - 389

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 29, FM 20, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:
410,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
31 (plus 166 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:
510,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.mk

Internet hosts:
3,738 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
6 (2000)

Internet users:
100,000 (2002)

Transportation Macedonia

Railways:
total: 699 km
standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (233 km electrified) (2003)

Highways:
total: 8,684 km
paved: 5,540 km (including 133 km of expressways)
unpaved: 3,144 km (1999 est.)

Pipelines:
gas 268 km; oil 120 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
none

Airports:
17 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
under 914 m: 8 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 4 (2004 est.)

Military Macedonia

Military branches:
Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM; including Air and Air
Defense Command)

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service, tour of conscript
duty is 6 months; 17 years of age for voluntary service (2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 555,611 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 448,095 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 17,595 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$200 million (FY01/02 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
6% (FY01/02 est.)

Transnational Issues Macedonia

Disputes - international:
the Albanian government calls for the protection of the rights of
ethnic Albanians in Macedonia while continuing to seek regional
cooperation; ethnic Albanians in Kosovo resist demarcation of a
small section of the Macedonia-Kosovo boundary in accordance with
the 2000 delimitation treaty, which transferred a small amount of
land to Macedonia; dispute with Greece o