The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

      Television broadcast stations:

       58 (1997)

      Televisions:

       2.64 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .cu

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       5 (2001)

      Internet users:

       120,000 (2002)

      Transportation Cuba

      Railways:

       total: 3,442 km

       standard gauge: 3,442 km 1.435-m gauge (142 km electrified)

       note: an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations;

       about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge

       (2002)

      Highways:

       total: 60,858 km

       paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway)

       unpaved: 31,038 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       240 km

      Pipelines:

       gas 49 km; oil 230 km (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Cienfuegos, Havana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas,

       Santiago de Cuba

      Merchant marine:

       total: 15 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 59,257 GRT/90,295 DWT

       ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 5, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 1,

       petroleum tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 2 (2002 est.)

      Airports:

       161 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 70 over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047 m: 10 1,524 to 2,437 m: 22 under 914 m: 31 (2002)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 91 914 to 1,523 m: 28 under 914 m: 63 (2002)

      Military Cuba

      Military branches:

       Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) including Revolutionary Army (ER),

       Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR),

       Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), and Youth Labor Army (EJT); note -

       the Border Guard Troops (TGF) are controlled by the Interior Ministry

      Military manpower - military age:

       17 years of age (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49: 3,120,702 note: both sexes are liable for military service (2003 est.) females age 15–49: 3,049,927

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 1,923,967

       females age 15–49: 1,875,412 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 81,095

       females: 87,780 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $NA

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       roughly 4% (FY95 est.)

      Military - note:

       Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of

       Cuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993

      Transnational Issues Cuba

      Disputes - international:

       US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased to US and only mutual

       agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease

      Illicit drugs:

       territorial waters and air space serve as transshipment zone for

       cocaine and heroin bound for the US and Europe; established the

       death penalty for certain drug-related crimes in 1999

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003

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      @Cyprus

      Introduction Cyprus

      Background:

       Independence from the UK was approved in 1960, with constitutional

       guarantees by the Greek Cypriot majority to the Turkish Cypriot

       minority. In 1974, a Greek-sponsored attempt to seize the government

       was met by military intervention from Turkey, which soon controlled

       almost 40% of the island. In 1983, the Turkish-held area declared

       itself the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," but it is

       recognized only by Turkey. UN-led direct talks between the two sides

       to reach a comprehensive settlement to the division of the island

       began in January 2002.

      Geography Cyprus

      Location:

       Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey

      Geographic coordinates:

       35 00 N, 33 00 E

      Map references:

       Middle East

      Area:

       total: 9,250 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in the Turkish Cypriot

       area)

       water: 10 sq km

       land: 9,240 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       about 0.6 times the size of Connecticut

      Land boundaries:

       0 km

      Coastline:

       648 km

      Maritime claims:

       continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

       territorial sea: 12 NM

      Climate:

       temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters

      Terrain:

       central plain with mountains to north and south; scattered but

       significant plains along southern coast

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m

       highest point: Olympus 1,951 m

      Natural resources:

       copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay earth

       pigment

      Land use: arable land: 10.61% permanent crops: 4.65% other: 84.74% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land:

       400 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards:

       moderate earthquake activity; droughts

      Environment - current issues:

       water resource problems (no natural reservoir catchments, seasonal

       disparity in rainfall, sea water intrusion to island's largest

       aquifer, increased salination in the north); water pollution from

       sewage and industrial wastes; coastal degradation; loss of wildlife

       habitats from urbanization