22 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
40 (2004)

Televisions:
1.26 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.md

Internet hosts:
58,886 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (1999)

Internet users:
406,000 (2005)

Transportation Moldova

Airports:
12 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 6
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 3 (2006)

Pipelines:
gas 606 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 1,138 km
broad gauge: 1,124 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 12,733 km
paved: 10,976 km
unpaved: 1,757 km (2004)

Waterways:
424 km (on Dniester River) (2005)

Merchant marine:
total: 7 ships (1000 GRT or over) 13,831 GRT/15,003 DWT
by type: cargo 7
foreign-owned: 3 (Ukraine 3) (2006)

Military Moldova

Military branches:
National Army: Ground Forces, Rapid Reaction Forces, Air and Air
Defense Forces (2006)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; national service
obligation - 12 months (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,066,459
females age 18-49: 1,117,070 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 693,913
females age 18-49: 911,568 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 43,729
females age 18-49: 42,354 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$8.7 million (2004)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.4% (FY02)

Transnational Issues Moldova

Disputes - international:
Moldova and Ukraine operate joint customs posts to monitor the
transit of people and commodities through Moldova's break-away
Transnistria region which remains under OSCE supervision

Illicit drugs:
limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for CIS
consumption; transshipment point for illicit drugs from Southwest
Asia via Central Asia to Russia, Western Europe, and possibly the
US; widespread crime and underground economic activity

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@Monaco

Introduction Monaco

Background:
The Genoese built a fortress on the site of present-day