in the
southwestern area of Niger
domestic: wire, radiotelephone communications, and microwave radio
relay; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations and 1 planned
international: country code - 227; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 4 (2001)
Radios:
680,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (2002)
Televisions:
125,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.ne
Internet hosts:
134 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2002)
Internet users:
15,000 (2002)
Transportation Niger
Highways:
total: 10,100 km
paved: 798 km
unpaved: 9,302 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:
300 km
note: Niger River is navigable to Gaya between September and March
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
none
Airports:
27 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 18
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Military Niger
Military branches:
Army, Air Force, National Intervention and Security Force
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: 2,460,637 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,333,027 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 122,363 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$21.7 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.1% (2003)
Transnational Issues Niger
Disputes - international:
Libya claims about 25,000 sq km in a currently dormant dispute;
much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria,
remains undemarcated, and ICJ ad hoc judges have been selected to
rule on disputed Niger and Mekrou River islands; Lake Chad
Commission continues to urge signatories Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and
Nigeria to ratify delimitation treaty over the lake region, which
remains the site of armed clashes among local populations and
militias
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
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