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

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СКАЧАТЬ improved; however, telephone density is presently minimal, and

       making telephone service universally available will take time

       domestic: microwave radio relay, fiber-optic cable, and a domestic

       satellite system with 40 earth stations serve the trunk network;

       more than 110,000 pay telephones are installed and mobile telephone

       use is rapidly expanding

       international: country code - 54; satellite earth stations - 8

       Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); Atlantis II and Unisur submarine cables;

       two international gateways near Buenos Aires (1999)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 260 (including 10 inactive stations), FM NA (probably more than

       1,000, mostly unlicensed), shortwave 6 (1998)

      Radios:

       24.3 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)

      Televisions:

       7.95 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .ar

      Internet hosts:

       742,358 (2003)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       33 (2000)

      Internet users:

       4.1 million (2002)

      Transportation Argentina

      Railways:

       total: 34,091 km (167 km electrified)

       broad gauge: 20,594 km 1.676-m gauge (141 km electrified)

       standard gauge: 2,885 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified)

       narrow gauge: 10,375 km 1.000-m gauge; 237 km 0.750-m gauge (2003)

      Highways:

       total: 215,471 km

       paved: 63,348 km (including 734 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 152,123 km (1999)

      Waterways:

       11,000 km (2004)

      Pipelines:

       gas 27,166 km; liquid petroleum gas 41 km; oil 3,668 km; refined

       products 2,945 km; unknown (oil/water) 13 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, Concepcion del

       Uruguay, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Necochea, Rio Gallegos, Rosario,

       Santa Fe, Ushuaia

      Merchant marine:

       total: 45 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 149,007 GRT/212,620 DWT

       by type: cargo 9, petroleum tanker 9, rail car carrier 1,

       refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea/passenger 1,

       specialized tanker 1

       foreign-owned: Uruguay 1

       registered in other countries: 26 (2004 est.)

      Airports:

       1,335 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 144

       over 3,047 m: 4

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 26

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 62

       914 to 1,523 m: 44

       under 914 m: 8 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 1,190

       over 3,047 m: 2

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 50

       914 to 1,523 m: 569

       under 914 m: 567 (2004 est.)

      Military Argentina

      Military branches:

       Argentine Army, Navy of the Argentine Republic (includes Naval

       Aviation and Marines), Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina,

       FAA)

      Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2001)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 9,901,352 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 8,042,304 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 327,738 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $4.3 billion (FY99)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       1.3% (FY00)

      Transnational Issues Argentina

      Disputes - international:

       UK continues to reject sovereignty talks requested by Argentina,

       whose constitution still claims UK-administered Falkland Islands

       (Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands,

       but in 1995 ceded the right to settle the dispute by force; Beagle

       Channel islands dispute resolved through Papal mediation in 1984,

       but armed incidents persist since 1992 oil discovery; territorial

       claim in Antarctica partially overlaps UK and Chilean claims (see

       Antarctic disputes); unruly region at convergence of

       Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay borders is locus of money laundering,

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