The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ - main lines in use:

      353,600 (2005)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      2.3 million (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: despite new investment in fixed lines, the density of main lines remains low with roughly 10 lines per 100 people; cellular telephone use is widespread and generally effective; combined fixed line and mobile telephone density is approximately 75 telephones per 100 persons domestic: offsetting the shortage of fixed line capacity, mobile phone service has been available since 1996; by 2003, two companies were providing mobile services at a greater density than some of Albania's neighbors; Internet broadband services initiated in 2005; Internet cafes are popular in Tirana and have started to spread outside the capital international: country code - 355; submarine cable provides connectivity to Italy, Croatia, and Greece; the Trans-Balkan Line, a combination submarine cable and land fiber-optic system, provides additional connectivity to Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Turkey; international traffic carried by fiber-optic cable and, when necessary, by microwave radio relay from the Tirana exchange to Italy and Greece (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 13, FM 46, shortwave 1 (2005)

      Radios:

      1 million (2001)

      Television broadcast stations:

      65 (3 national, 62 local); 2 cable networks (2005)

      Televisions:

      700,000 (2001)

      Internet country code:

      .al

      Internet hosts:

      10,162 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      10 (2001)

      Internet users:

      471,200 (2006)

      Transportation

       Albania

      Airports:

      11 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 8 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 4 (2007)

      Heliports:

      1 (2007)

      Pipelines:

      gas 339 km; oil 207 km (2007)

      Railways:

      total: 447 km standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

      Roadways:

      total: 18,000 km paved: 7,020 km unpaved: 10,980 km (2002)

      Waterways:

      43 km (2007)

      Merchant marine:

      total: 24 by type: cargo 22, roll on/roll off 2 foreign-owned: 1 (Turkey 1) registered in other countries: 2 (Panama 2) (2008)

      Ports and terminals:

      Durres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore

      Military

       Albania

      Military branches:

      Land Forces Command (Army), Naval Forces Command, Air Defense

       Command, General Staff Headquarters (includes Logistics Command,

       Training and Doctrine Command) (2007)

      Military service age and obligation:

      19 years of age (2004)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 944,592 females age 16–49: 908,527 (2008 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 798,454 females age 16–49: 767,143 (2008 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 36,340 female: 33,077 (2008 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      1.49% of GDP (2005 est.)

      Transnational Issues

       Albania

      Disputes - international:

      the Albanian Government calls for the protection of the rights of ethnic Albanians in neighboring countries, and the peaceful resolution of interethnic disputes; some ethnic Albanian groups in neighboring countries advocate for a "greater Albania," but the idea has little appeal among Albanian nationals; the mass emigration of unemployed Albanians remains a problem for developed countries, chiefly Greece and Italy

      Trafficking in persons:

      current situation: Albania is a source country for women and girls trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; it is no longer considered a major country of transit; Albanian victims are trafficked to Greece, Italy, Macedonia, and Kosovo, with many trafficked onward to Western European countries; children were also trafficked to Greece for begging and other forms of child labor; approximately half of all Albanian trafficking victims are under age 18; internal sex trafficking of women and children is on the rise tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Albania is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in persons in 2007, particularly in the area of victim protection; the government did not appropriately identify trafficking victims during 2007, and has not demonstrated that it is vigorously investigating or prosecuting complicit officials (2008)

      Illicit drugs:

      increasingly active transshipment point for Southwest Asian opiates, hashish, and cannabis transiting the Balkan route and - to a lesser extent - cocaine from South America destined for Western Europe; limited opium and growing cannabis production; ethnic Albanian narcotrafficking organizations active and expanding in Europe; vulnerable to money laundering associated with regional trafficking in narcotics, arms, contraband, and illegal aliens

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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