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Debt - external:
$5 billion (2000 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$159.1 million (1995)

Currency:
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible
authority is the Bank of the Central African States

Currency code:
XAF

Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar - 581.2
(2003), 696.988 (2002), 733.039 (2001), 711.98 (2000), 615.7 (1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Congo, Republic of the

Telephones - main lines in use:
7,000 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
330,000 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: services barely adequate for government use;
key exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo;
intercity lines frequently out of order
domestic: primary network consists of microwave radio relay and
coaxial cable
international: country code - 242; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 3 (2001)

Radios:
341,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2002)

Televisions:
33,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.cg

Internet hosts:
46 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
15,000 (2003)

Transportation Congo, Republic of the

Railways:
total: 894 km
narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 12,800 km
paved: 1,242 km
unpaved: 11,558 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
4,385 km (on Congo and Oubanqui rivers) (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 53 km; oil 646 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Brazzaville, Impfondo, Ouesso, Oyo, Pointe-Noire

Airports:
32 (2003 est.)

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

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 28
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)

Military Congo, Republic of the

Military branches:
Congolese Armed Forces (FAC): Army, Air Force, Navy

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 773,790 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 390,884 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 31,964 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$68.6 million (2003)

Military expen