roleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment,
chemicals

Imports - partners:
South Africa 85.2%, US (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$480 million (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$887 million (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $160 million (2000 est.)

Currency (code):
Namibian dollar (NAD); South African rand (ZAR)

Currency code:
NAD; ZAR

Exchange rates:
Namibian dollars per US dollar - 6.85 (2006), 6.3593 (2005), 6.4597
(2004), 7.5648 (2003), 10.5407 (2002)

Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

Communications Namibia

Telephones - main lines in use:
127,900 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
495,000 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: good system; about 6 telephones for each 100
persons
domestic: good urban services; fair rural service; microwave radio
relay links major towns; connections to other populated places are
by open wire; 100% digital
international: country code - 264; fiber-optic cable to South
Africa, microwave radio relay link to Botswana, direct links to
other neighboring countries; connected to Africa ONE and South
African Far East (SAFE) submarine cables through South Africa;
satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (2002)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 39, shortwave 4 (2001)

Radios:
232,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
8 (plus about 20 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:
60,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.na

Internet hosts:
3,527 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)

Internet users:
75,000 (2005)

Transportation Namibia

Airports:
137 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 21
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 116
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 22
914 to 1,523 m: 72
under 914 m: 20 (2006)

Railways:
total: 2,382 km
narrow gauge: 2,382 km 1.067-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 42,237 km
paved: 5,406 km
unpaved: 36,831 km (2002)

Merchant marine:
total: 1 ship (1000 GRT or over) 2,265 GRT/3,605 DWT
by type: cargo 1 (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Luderitz, Walvis Bay

Military Namibia

Military branches:
Namibian Defense Force: Army, Air Wing, Navy (2006)

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

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