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

10,013.6 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year; note - previously was 1 April - 31 March, but

       starting with 2001, has been changed to calendar year

      Communications Indonesia

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       5,588,310 (1998)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       1.07 million (1998)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: domestic service fair, international service

       good

       domestic: interisland microwave system and HF radio police net;

       domestic satellite communications system

       international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean

       and 1 Pacific Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 678, FM 43, shortwave 82 (1998)

      Radios:

       31.5 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       41 (1999)

      Televisions:

       13.75 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .id

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       24 (2000)

      Internet users:

       4.4 million (2002)

      Transportation Indonesia

      Railways:

       total: 6,458 km

       narrow gauge: 5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (125 km electrified); 497 km

       0.750-m gauge (2002)

      Highways:

       total: 342,700 km

       paved: 158,670 km

       unpaved: 184,030 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       21,579 km total

       note: Sumatra 5,471 km, Java and Madura 820 km, Kalimantan 10,460

       km, Sulawesi (Celebes) 241 km, Irian Jaya 4,587 km

      Pipelines:

       condensate 672 km; condensate/gas 125 km; gas 8,183 km; oil 7,429

       km; oil/gas/water 66 km; refined products 1,329 km; water 72 km

       (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Cilacap, Cirebon, Jakarta, Kupang, Makassar, Palembang, Semarang,

       Surabaya

      Merchant marine:

       total: 710 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 3,045,673 GRT/4,106,508 DWT

       note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of

       convenience: Greece 1, Hong Kong 2, India 1, Japan 2, Malaysia 1,

       Monaco 3, Panama 1, Philippines 1, Singapore 11, South Korea 1,

       Switzerland 1, UK 2, US 1 (2002 est.)

       ships by type: bulk 42, cargo 400, chemical tanker 15, container 56,

       liquefied gas 3, livestock carrier 1, passenger 9, passenger/cargo

       13, petroleum tanker 127, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 16,

       short-sea passenger 9, specialized tanker 11, vehicle carrier 6

      Airports:

       631 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 153 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 914 to 1,523 m: 48 under 914 m: 43 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 46

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 478 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 25 under 914 m: 450 (2002)

      Heliports: 9 (2002)

      Military Indonesia

      Military branches:

       Army, Navy (including marines and naval air arm), Air Force

      Military manpower - military age:

       18 years of age (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 65,665,721 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 38,290,550 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 2,213,727 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $1 billion (FY98)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       1.3% (FY98)

      Transnational Issues Indonesia

      Disputes - international:

       East Timor-Indonesia Boundary Committee continues to meet regularly

       to survey and delimit land boundary; East Timor refugees delay

       return from camps in Indonesia; maritime delimitations with

       Australia and East Timor await further discussions; ICJ awarded

       Sipadan and Ligitan islands to Malaysia in 2002; Indonesian

       secessionists, squatters and illegal migrants create repatriation

       problems for Papua New Guinea

      Illicit drugs:

       illicit producer of cannabis largely for domestic use; possible

       growing role as transshipment point for Golden Triangle heroin

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      @Iran

      Introduction Iran

      Background:

       Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979

       after the ruling shah was forced into exile. Conservative clerical

       forces established a theocratic system of government with ultimate

       political authority vested in a learned religious scholar. A group

       of Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran on 4 November

       1979 and held it until 20 January 1981. During 1980–88, Iran fought

       a bloody, indecisive war with Iraq over disputed territory. Over the

       past decade, popular dissatisfaction with the government, driven by

       demographic changes, restrictive social policies, and poor economic

       conditions, has created a powerful and enduring pressure for

       political reform.

      Geography Iran

      Location:

       Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the

       Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan

      Geographic coordinates:

       32 00 N, 53 00 E

      Map references:

       Middle East

      Area:

       total: 1.648 million sq km

       land: 1.636 million sq km

       water: 12,000 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       slightly larger than Alaska

      Land