The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      Communications

      Telephones: 730,000 (1998 est.)

      Telephone system: the Ministry of Communications oversees the

       Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications; the national operator is

       Armentel; the Greek Telecoms Company owns 90% of Armentel and will

       provide a $60 million eight-year loan; Armenia has about 4,000

       Internet users on one satellite channel

       domestic: local—350,000 telephones are located in Yerevan; a

       fiber-optic loop provides digital service to 80,000 of Yerevan's

       customers; GSM cellular is available in Yerevan, as is paging;

       intercity—the former Soviet system provides service to 380,000

       numbers mostly governmental

       international: Yerevan is connected to the Trans-Asia-Europe line

       through Iran; additional international service is available by

       microwave, land line, and satellite through the Moscow switch; 1

       INTELSAT earth station

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 9, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 3 (in addition, programs are received by relay from Russia; 100% of the population receive Armenian and Russian TV programs) (1997)

      Televisions: NA

      Transportation

      Railways:

       total: 825 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial

       lines

       broad gauge: 825 km 1.520-m gauge (1992)

      Highways:

       total: 8,580 km

       paved: 8,580 km

       unpaved: 0 km (1996 est.)

      Waterways: NA km

      Pipelines: natural gas 900 km (1991)

      Ports and harbors: none

      Airports: 11 (1996 est.)

      Airports—with paved runways:

       total: 5

       over 3,047 m: 2

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

       914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1996 est.)

      Airports—with unpaved runways:

       total: 6

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

       914 to 1,523 m: 3

       under 914 m: 1 (1996 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Army, Air Force and Air Defense Aviation, Air

       Defense Force, Security Forces (internal and border troops)

      Military manpower—military age: 18 years of age

      Military manpower—availability:

       males age 15–49: 922,124 (1999 est.)

      Military manpower—fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 732,495 (1999 est.)

      Military manpower—reaching military age annually:

       males: 32,052 (1999 est.)

      Military expenditures—dollar figure: $72.1 million (1999)

      Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 4% (1999)

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes—international: Armenia supports ethnic Armenians in the

       Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in the longstanding,

       separatist conflict against the Azerbaijani Government; traditional

       demands on former Armenian lands in Turkey have subsided

      Illicit drugs: illicit cultivator of cannabis mostly for domestic

       consumption; increasingly used as a transshipment point for illicit

       drugs—mostly opium and hashish—to Western Europe and the US via

       Iran, Central Asia, and Russia

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      @Aruba——

      Geography

      Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of

       Venezuela

      Geographic coordinates: 12 30 N, 69 58 W

      Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

      Area:

       total: 193 sq km

       land: 193 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

      Area—comparative: slightly larger than Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 68.5 km

      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation

      Terrain: flat with a few hills; scant vegetation

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Jamanota 188 m

      Natural resources: NEGL; white sandy beaches

      Land use:

       arable land: 11%

       permanent crops: NA%

       permanent pastures: NA%

       forests and woodland: NA%

       other: 89% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Natural hazards: lies outside the Caribbean hurricane belt

      Environment—current issues: NA

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