ican average and
continuing to be upgraded; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and
Tunis; Internet access available domestic: trunk facilities consist of
open-wire lines, coaxial cable, and microwave radio relay international:
5 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
and 1 Arabsat; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria and
Libya; participant in Medarabtel; two international gateway digital
switches

Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 20, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios: 2.06 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions: 920,000 (1997)

Internet country code: .tn

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)

Internet users: 280,000 (2001)

Transportation Tunisia

Railways: total: 2,168 km standard gauge: 471 km 1.435-m gauge dual
gauge: 10 km 1.000-m and 1.435-m gauges (three rails) (2001) narrow gauge:
1,687 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways: total: 23,100 km paved: 18,226 km unpaved: 4,874 km (1996)

Waterways: none

Pipelines: crude oil 797 km; petroleum products 86 km; natural gas 742 km

Ports and harbors: Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis,
Zarzis

Merchant marine: total: 16 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 150,710
GRT/162,616 DWT ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 4, chemical tanker 4,
liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker 1, short-sea passenger 3, specialized
tanker 1 (2002 est.)

Airports: 30 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 14 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047
m: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 16 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to
1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 7 (2001)

Military Tunisia

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary forces,
National Guard

Military manpower - military age: 20 years of age (2002 est.)

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,806,881 (2002 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 1,597,565
(2002 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 105,146
(2002 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $356 million (FY99)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.5% (FY99)

Transnational Issues Tunisia

Disputes - international: none

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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