rity of subscribers and the most modern equipment
are in Yerevan (this includes paging and mobile cellular service)
international: country code - 374; Yerevan is connected to the
Trans-Asia-Europe fiber-optic cable through Iran; additional
international service is available by microwave radio relay and
landline connections to the other countries of the Commonwealth of
Independent States and through the Moscow international switch and
by satellite to the rest of the world; satellite earth stations - 3
(2005)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 9, FM 16, shortwave 1 (2006)

Radios:
850,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
40 (private television stations alongside two public networks;
major Russian channels widely available) (2006)

Televisions:
825,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.am

Internet hosts:
8,163 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
9 (2001)

Internet users:
150,000 (2005)

Transportation Armenia

Airports:
13 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 11
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2006)

Pipelines:
gas 2,002 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 845 km
broad gauge: 845 km 1.520-m gauge (828 km electrified)
note: some lines are out of service (2005)

Roadways:
total: 7,633 km
paved: 7,633 km (includes 1,561 km of expressways) (2003)

Military Armenia

Military branches:
Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Nagorno-Karabakh Self Defense Force
(NKSDF), Air Force, Air Defense Force (2006)

Military service age and obligation:
18 to 27 years of age for compulsory military service, conscript
service obligation - 12 months; 18 years of age for voluntary
military service (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 722,836
females age 18-49: 795,084 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 551,938
females age 18-49: 656,493 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 31,774
females age 18-49: 31,182 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$135 million (FY01)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
6.5% (FY01)

Transnational Issues Armenia

Disputes - international:
Armenia supports ethnic Armenian secessionists in Nagorno-Karabakh
and since th