evision broadcast stations: 58 (1997)

Televisions: 2.5 million (1993 est.)

Transportation

Railways:
total: 4,807 km
standard gauge: 4,807 km 1.435-m gauge (147 km electrified)
note: a large amount of track is in private use by sugar plantations

Highways:
total: 60,858 km
paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway)
unpaved: 31,038 km (1997 est.)

Waterways: 240 km

Ports and harbors: Cienfuegos, Havana, Manzanillo, Mariel,
Matanzas, Nuevitas, Santiago de Cuba

Merchant marine:
total: 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 89,091 GRT/125,463 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 9, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker
2, refrigerated cargo 5 (1998 est.)

Airports: 170 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 77
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 36 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 93
914 to 1,523 m: 32
under 914 m: 61 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) includes
ground forces, Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force
(DAAFAR), Territorial Troops Militia (MTT), and Youth Labor Army
(EJT); the Border Guard (TGF) is controlled by the Interior Ministry

Military manpower--military age: 17 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 3,068,140
females age 15-49: 3,014,686 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,900,893
females age 15-49: 1,862,411 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 76,328
females: 72,551 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $NA

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: roughly 4% (1995 est.)

Military--note: Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and
supplier of Cuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased
to US and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can
terminate the lease

Illicit drugs: territory serves as transshipment zone for cocaine
bound for the US and Europe

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Geography

Location: Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of
Turkey

Geographic coordinates: 35 00 N, 33 00 E

Map references: Middle