| Telephones
- main lines in use: |
Greek Cypriot area:
405,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 83,162 (1998) |
| Telephones
- mobile cellular: |
Greek Cypriot area:
68,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 70,000 (1999) |
| Telephone
system: |
general assessment:
excellent in both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot areas
domestic: open-wire, fiber-optic cable, and microwave
radio relay
international: country code - 357;
tropospheric scatter; 3 coaxial and 5 fiber-optic submarine
cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic
Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 2 Eutelsat, 2 Intersputnik, and
1 Arabsat |
| Radio
broadcast stations: |
Greek Cypriot area:
AM 7, FM 60, shortwave 1 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: AM
3, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998) |
| Television
broadcast stations: |
Greek Cypriot area:
4 (plus 225 low-power repeaters) (September 1995);; Turkish
Cypriot area: 4 (plus 5 repeaters) (September 1995) |
| Internet
country code: |
.cy |
| Internet
hosts: |
2,692 (2002) |
| Internet
users: |
210,000 (2002) |
| Railways: |
0 km |
| Highways: |
total: 13,491
km
note: Greek Cypriot area: 11,141 km; Turkish
Cypriot area: 2,350 km
unpaved: Greek Cypriot
area: 4,713 km; Turkish Cypriot area: 980 km (2000/1996)
paved: Greek Cypriot area: 6,428 km; Turkish Cypriot
area: 1,370 km |
| Waterways: |
none |
| Ports
and harbors: |
Famagusta, Kyrenia,
Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos, Vasilikos |
| Merchant
marine: |
total: 1,066
ships (1,000 GRT or over) 22,016,374 GRT/35,760,004 DWT
registered in other countries: 100 (2003 est.)
by type: bulk 403, cargo 276, chemical tanker 28, combination
bulk 21, combination ore/oil 2, container 145, liquefied gas
1, multi-functional large load carrier 2, passenger 8, passenger/cargo
1, petroleum tanker 109, refrigerated cargo 30, roll on/roll
off 29, short-sea/passenger 5, specialized tanker 3, vehicle
carrier 3
foreign-owned: Austria 11, Belgium 1,
Bulgaria 1, Canada 6, China 13, Croatia 2, Cuba 8, Egypt 2,
Estonia 2, Germany 210, Greece 499, Guam 1, Hong Kong 5, India
6, Iran 3, Ireland 1, Israel 3, Italy 2, Japan 20, South Korea
6, Latvia 11, Malta 1, Mexico 1, Monaco 3, Netherlands 18,
Norway 7, Panama 1, Philippines 2, Poland 20, Portugal 2,
Russia 51, Singapore 2, Slovenia 4, Spain 5, Sudan 2, Sweden
6, Switzerland 1, Ukraine 2, United Kingdom 16, United States
4, Vietnam 1 |
| Airports: |
17 (2003 est.) |
| Airports
- with paved runways: |
total: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m:
2
under 914 m: 1 (2003 est.)
914 to 1,523
m: 3 |
| Airports
- with unpaved runways: |
total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2003
est.) |
| Heliports: |
10 (2003 est.) |
| Military
branches: |
Greek Cypriot
area: Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG; including air
and naval elements), Greek Cypriot Police
Turkish
Cypriot area: Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK) |
| Military
manpower - military age: |
18 years of age
(2004 est.) |
| Military
manpower - availability: |
males age 15-49:
202,966 (2004 est.) |
| Military
manpower - fit for military service: |
males age 15-49:
139,255 (2004 est.) |
| Military
manpower - reaching military age annually: |
males: 6,614
(2004 est.) |
| Military
expenditures - dollar figure: |
$384 million (FY02)
|
| Military
expenditures - percent of GDP: |
3.8% (FY02) |
| Disputes
- international: |
hostilities in 1974
divided the island into two de facto autonomous areas, a Greek
Cypriot area controlled by the internationally recognized
Cypriot Government and a Turkish-Cypriot area, separated by
a UN buffer zone; March 2003 reunification talks failed, but
Turkish-Cypriots later opened their borders to temporary visits
by Greek Cypriots; a UN-brokered peace plan attempts to break
the stalemate over final status before the Greek Cypriot area
enters the EU in May 2004 |
| Illicit
drugs: |
minor transit point
for heroin and hashish via air routes and container traffic
to Europe, especially from Lebanon and Turkey; some cocaine
transits as well; despite a strengthening of anti-money laundering
legislation, remains highly vulnerable to money laundering;
identification of benefiting owners and reporting of suspicious
transactions by nonresident-controlled companies in offshore
sector remains weak |
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