ussia 10%, (1995 est.)

External debt: $9.1 billion (convertible currency,1995); another
$20 billion owed to Russia (1995)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA

Currency: 1 Cuban peso (Cu$) = 100 centavos

Exchange rates: Cuban pesos (Cu$) per US$1 - 1.0000
(non-convertible, official rate, linked to the US dollar)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 4,677 km
standard gauge: 4,677 km 1.435-m gauge (132 km electrified)
note: a large amount of track is in private use by sugar plantations

Highways:
total: 26,500 km
paved: 14,575 km
unpaved: 11,925 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: 240 km

Ports: Cienfuegos, La Habana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas,
Nuevitas, Santiago de Cuba

Merchant marine:
total: 41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 220,870 GRT/310,169 DWT
ships by type: cargo 17, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 4,
oil tanker 9, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 9
note: Cuba owns an additional 47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
462,517 DWT operating under the registries of Panama, Cyprus, Malta,
Belize, and Mauritius (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 156
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 7
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 7
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 14
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 9
with paved runways under 914 m: 87
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 31 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 430,000 (1987 est.)

Telephone system: among the world's least developed telephone
systems
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic
Ocean Region)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 150, FM 5, shortwave 0

Radios: 2.14 million (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 58

Televisions: 2.5 million (1993 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) includes ground forces,
Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR),
Territorial Troops Militia (MTT), and Youth Labor Army (EJT);
Interior Ministry Border Guards (TGF)

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 3,053,431
females age 15-49: 3,009,852
males fit for military service: 1,898,644
females fit for military service: 1,866,313
males reach military age (17) annually: 65,182
females reach military age (17) annually: 61,960 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditure