ions facilities are poor
domestic: very low teledensity; domestic service is very poor
especially in rural areas; wireless service available since 2003
international: country code - 975; international telephone and
telegraph service via landline and microwave relay through India;
satellite earth station - 1 (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 9, shortwave 1 (2006)

Radios:
37,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2006)

Televisions:
11,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.bt

Internet hosts:
7,567 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
NA

Internet users:
25,000 (2005)

Transportation Bhutan

Airports:
2 (2006)

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

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

Roadways:
total: 8,050 km
paved: 4,991 km
unpaved: 3,059 km (2003)

Military Bhutan

Military branches:
Royal Bhutan Army: Royal Bodyguard, Royal Bhutan Police (2005)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription
(2001)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 483,860
females age 18-49: 453,683 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 314,975
females age 18-49: 296,833 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 23,939
females age 18-49: 21,979 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$8.29 million (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1% (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues Bhutan

Disputes - international:
approximately 105,000 Bhutanese have lived decades as refugees in
Nepal, 90% of whom reside in seven UN Office of the High
Commissioner for Refugees camps; Bhutan cooperates with India to
expel Indian separatists

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@Bolivia

Introduction Bolivia

Background:
Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away
from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has
consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups.
Democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have
faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and
illegal drug production. In December 2005, Bo