)

Internet country code:
.do

Internet hosts:
91,895 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
24 (2000)

Internet users:
938,300 (2005)

Transportation Dominican Republic

Airports:
33 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 14
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 19
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 10 (2006)

Railways:
total: 517 km
standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge
note: additional 1,226 km operated by sugar companies in 1.076 m,
0.889 m, and 0.762-m gauges (2005)

Roadways:
total: 12,600 km
paved: 6,224 km
unpaved: 6,376 km (1999)

Merchant marine:
total: 1 ship (1000 GRT or over) 1,587 GRT/1,165 DWT
by type: cargo 1 (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Boca Chica, Puerto Plata, Rio Haina, Santo Domingo

Military Dominican Republic

Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force

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

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,133,142
females age 18-49: 2,032,840 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,671,493
females age 18-49: 1,536,257 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 91,699
females age 18-49: 87,550 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$0 (2002 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0% (2002 est.)

Transnational Issues Dominican Republic

Disputes - international:
increasing numbers of illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic
cross the Mona Passage each year to Puerto Rico to find work

Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US
and Europe; has become a transshipment point for ecstasy from the
Netherlands and Belgium destined for US and Canada; substantial
money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor the
Dominican Republic for illicit financial transactions

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@East Timor

Introduction East Timor

Background:
The Portuguese began to trade with the island of Timor in the early
16th century and colonized it in mid-centur