cable (SAT-3/WASC) provides connectivity to
Europe and Asia (2005)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2000)
Radios:
815,000 (2000)
Television broadcast stations:
6 (2000)
Televisions:
196,000 (2000)
Internet country code:
.ao
Internet hosts:
2,525 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
172,000 (2005)
Transportation Angola
Airports:
244 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 31
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 213
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 30
914 to 1,523 m: 95
under 914 m: 81 (2006)
Pipelines:
gas 235 km; liquid petroleum gas 122 km; oil 867 km; oil/gas/water
5 km (2006)
Railways:
total: 2,761 km
narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2005)
Roadways:
total: 51,429 km
paved: 5,349 km
unpaved: 46,080 km (2001)
Waterways:
1,300 km (2005)
Merchant marine:
total: 4 ships (1000 GRT or over) 4,343 GRT/4,643 DWT
by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 1
registered in other countries: 5 (Bahamas 5) (2006)
Ports and terminals:
Cabinda, Luanda, Soyo
Military Angola
Military branches:
Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), Air and Air Defense Forces
(FANA) (2006)
Military service age and obligation:
17 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service
obligation - two years plus time for training (2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 17-49: 2,548,455
females age 17-49: 2,462,601 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 17-49: 1,282,195
females age 17-49: 1,256,390 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 126,694
females age 17-49: 123,586 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$2 billion (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
8.8% (2005 est.)
Transnational Issues Angola
Disputes - international:
many Cabinda exclave secessionists have sought shelter in
neighboring states
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 13,464 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
IDPs: 61,700 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs
already have returned) (2006)
Illicit drugs:
used as a tra
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