francs per euro

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Comoros

Telephones - main lines in use:
16,900 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
16,100 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: sparse system of microwave radio relay and HF
radiotelephone communication stations
domestic: HF radiotelephone communications and microwave radio relay
international: country code - 269; HF radiotelephone communications
to Madagascar and Reunion

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios:
90,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
NA

Televisions:
1,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.km

Internet hosts:
5 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
20,000 (2005)

Transportation Comoros

Airports:
4 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2006)

Roadways:
total: 880 km
paved: 673 km
unpaved: 207 km (1999)

Merchant marine:
total: 121 ships (1000 GRT or over) 564,882 GRT/801,238 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 85, chemical tanker 1, container 1,
livestock carrier 1, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum
tanker 9, refrigerated cargo 5, roll on/roll off 5, specialized
tanker 1
foreign-owned: 72 (Bangladesh 1, Bulgaria 1, Greece 10, India 1,
Kenya 1, Kuwait 1, Lebanon 6, Nigeria 2, Norway 1, Pakistan 2,
Philippines 1, Russia 4, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Saudi
Arabia 3, Syria 4, Turkey 11, UAE 6, Ukraine 14, US 2) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Mayotte, Moutsamoudou

Military Comoros

Military branches:
Comoran Defense Force: Comoran Security Force (includes Gendarmerie
and Army), Comoran Federal Police (2006)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 138,940
females age 18-49: 139,491 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 98,792
females age 18-49: 106,415 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$12.87 million (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
3% (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues Comoros

Disputes - international:
claims French-administered Mayotte

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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