The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of

       member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole

       currency for everyday transactions within the member countries

      Currency code:

       EUR

      Exchange rates:

       euros per US dollar - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001),

       365.399 (2000), 305.647 (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Greece

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       5,205,100 (2003)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       8,936,200 (2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: adequate, modern networks reach all areas; good

       mobile telephone and international service

       domestic: microwave radio relay trunk system; extensive open-wire

       connections; submarine cable to offshore islands

       international: country code - 30; tropospheric scatter; 8 submarine

       cables; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and

       1 Indian Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 26, FM 88, shortwave 4 (1998)

      Radios:

       5.02 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       36 (plus 1,341 low-power repeaters); also two stations in the US

       Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (1995)

      Televisions:

       2.54 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .gr

      Internet hosts:

       208,977 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       27 (2000)

      Internet users:

       1,718,400 (2003)

      Transportation Greece

      Railways:

       total: 2,571 km (764 km electrified)

       standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge

       narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge

       dual gauge: 23 km combined 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (three rail

       system) (2003)

      Highways:

       total: 117,000 km

       paved: 107,406 km (including 470 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 9,594 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       6 km

       note: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortens

       sea voyage by 325 km (2004)

      Pipelines:

       gas 1,166 km; oil 94 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Alexandroupolis, Elefsis, Irakleion (Crete), Kavala, Kerkyra,

       Chalkis, Igoumenitsa, Lavrion, Patrai, Peiraiefs (Piraeus),

       Thessaloniki, Volos

      Merchant marine:

       total: 793 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,186,624 GRT/52,943,968 DWT

       registered in other countries: 2,443 (2004 est.)

       foreign-owned: Belgium 1, Cyprus 1, Israel 1, Italy 1, Liberia 3,

       Malta 1, Marshall Islands 1, Norway 2, Panama 3, Singapore 1, Sweden

       1, United Kingdom 2, United States 5

       by type: bulk 298, cargo 57, chemical tanker 38, combination bulk 5,

       combination ore/oil 3, container 49, liquefied gas 5, passenger 10,

       petroleum tanker 267, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 19,

       short-sea/passenger 38, specialized tanker 3

      Airports:

       79 (note - new Athens airport at Spata opened in March 2001) (2003

       est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 66 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 16 914 to 1,523 m: 16 under 914 m: 9 (2004 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 20

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 14 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)

      Heliports: 7 (2003 est.)

      Military Greece

      Military branches:

       Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force (EPA), National

       Guard

      Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment after reaching January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 17 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation - 12 months for the Army, 14 months for the Air Force, 15 months for the Navy (April 2003)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 2,638,949 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 2,004,343 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 63,496 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $7,288.9 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       4.3% (2003)

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