n urban areas; domestic satellite system with 14 earth
stations
international: country code - 243; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2001)

Radios:
18.03 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
4 (2001)

Televisions:
6.478 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.cd

Internet hosts:
1,778 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2001)

Internet users:
140,600 (2005)

Transportation Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Airports:
234 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 25
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 209
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 94
under 914 m: 97 (2006)

Pipelines:
gas 54 km; oil 78 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 5,138 km
narrow gauge: 3,987 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km
1.000-m gauge; 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 153,497 km
paved: 2,794 km
unpaved: 150,703 km (2004)

Waterways:
15,000 km (2005)

Merchant marine:
total: 1 ship (1000 GRT or over) 1,004 GRT/1,640 DWT
by type: petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 1 (Congo, Republic of the 1) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Banana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie, Kindu, Kinshasa,
Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka

Military Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force

Military service age and obligation:
18-45 years of age for military service

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 11,365,610 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 6,464,223 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$103.7 million (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.5% (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Disputes - international:
heads of the Great Lakes states and UN pledge to end conflict but
unchecked tribal, rebel, and militia fighting continues unabated in
the northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
drawing in the neighboring states of Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda; the
UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(MONUC) has maintained over 14,000 peacekeepers in the region since
1999; thousands of Ituri refugees from the Congo contin