elay to Syria but inoperable
beyond Syria to Jordan; 3 submarine coaxial cables

Radio broadcast stations: AM 20, FM 22, shortwave 4 (1998)

Radios: 2.85 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 15 (plus 5 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions: 1.18 million (1997)

Internet country code: .lb

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 22 (2000)

Internet users: 300,000 (2001)

Transportation Lebanon

Railways: total: 399 km standard gauge: 317 km 1.435-m note: entire
system is unusable because of damage in civil war (2001) narrow gauge:
82 km 1.050-m

Highways: total: 7,300 km paved: 6,350 km unpaved: 950 km (1999 est.)

Waterways: none

Pipelines: crude oil 72 km (none in operation)

Ports and harbors: Antilyas, Batroun, Beirut, Chekka, El Mina, Ez
Zahrani, Jbail, Jounie, Naqoura, Sidon, Tripoli, Tyre

Merchant marine: total: 67 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 320,770
GRT/468,293 DWT ships by type: bulk 8, cargo 38, chemical tanker 1,
combination bulk 1, container 4, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 7,
refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 3, vehicle carrier 3 note: includes
some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience:
France 1, Greece 10, Netherlands 4, Panama 1, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 2, Spain 1, Syria 2 (2002 est.)

Airports: 8 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 5 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m:
2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m:
1 (2001)

Military Lebanon

Military branches: Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; includes Army, Navy,
and Air Force)

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,003,174 (2002 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 618,129
(2002 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $343 million (FY99/00)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 4.8% (FY99/00)

Transnational Issues Lebanon

Disputes - international: Syrian troops in northern, central, and
eastern Lebanon since October 1976; Lebanese Government claims Shab'a
Farms area of Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

Illicit drugs: Hashish production increased as farmers resumed cannabis
cultivation for the first time since a Lebanese/Syrian eradication
campaign practically eliminated the opium and cannabis crops in the
early 1990s

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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