(2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
241,000 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: facilities are aging but still among the best
in Sub-Saharan Africa
domestic: high-capacity microwave radio relay connects most larger
towns and cities; several cellular telephone services in operation;
Internet service is widely available; very small aperture terminal
(VSAT) networks are operated by private firms
international: country code - 260; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4 (2001)

Radios:
1.2 million (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
9 (2002)

Televisions:
277,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.zm

Internet hosts:
1,880 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
5 (2001)

Internet users:
68,200 (2003)

Transportation Zambia

Railways:
total: 2,173 km
narrow gauge: 2,173 km 1.067-m gauge
note: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority
(TAZARA) (2003)

Highways:
total: 66,781 km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
2,250 km
note: includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers
(2003)

Pipelines:
oil 771 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Mpulungu

Airports:
109 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 10
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 99
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 62
under 914 m: 32 (2004 est.)

Military Zambia

Military branches:
Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF): Army, Air Force, Police,
National Service

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.) (2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 2,477,494 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,310,814 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$42.6 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.9% (2003)

Transnational Issues Zambia

Disputes - international:
the Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe boundary convergence is
not clearly defined or delimited

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 158,894 (Angola), 58,405 (Democratic
Republic of the Congo), 5,767 (Rwanda) (2004)

Illicit dr