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

100 persons; the fiber

       optic net is very extensive; all telephone applications and Internet

       services are available

       international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic

       Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Eutelsat; in addition, there are

       about 600 VSAT (very small aperture terminals) (2002)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 2, FM 160 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (2001)

      Radios:

       6.08 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       45 (plus more than 1,000 repeaters) (2001)

      Televisions:

       4.25 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .at

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       37 (2000)

      Internet users:

       3.7 million (2002)

      Transportation Austria

      Railways:

       total: 6,024 km (3,641 km electrified)

       standard gauge: 5,566 km 1.435-m gauge (3,524 km electrified)

       narrow gauge: 34 km 1.000-m gauge (28 km electrified); 424 km

       0.760-m gauge (89 km electrified) (2002)

      Highways:

       total: 200,000 km

       paved: 200,000 km (including 1,633 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 0 km (2000)

      Waterways:

       358 km (1999)

      Pipelines:

       gas 2,722 km; oil 687 km; refined products 149 km (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Enns, Krems, Linz, Vienna

      Merchant marine:

       total: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 27,551 GRT/34,225 DWT

       ships by type: cargo 4, container 1 (2002 est.)

      Airports:

       55 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 24 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 14 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 31 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 27 (2002)

      Heliports: 1 (2002)

      Military Austria

      Military branches:

       Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)

      Military manpower - military age:

       19 years of age (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 2,093,821 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 1,725,123 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 49,090 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $1.497 billion (FY01/02)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       0.8% (FY01/02)

      Transnational Issues Austria

      Disputes - international: minor disputes with Czech Republic and Slovenia continue over nuclear power plants and post-World War II treatment of German-speaking minorities

      Illicit drugs:

       transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and South American

       cocaine destined for Western Europe

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003

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      @Azerbaijan

      Introduction Azerbaijan

      Background:

       Azerbaijan - a nation with a Turkic and majority-Muslim population

       - regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union

       in 1991. Despite a 1994 cease-fire, Azerbaijan has yet to resolve

       its conflict with Armenia over the Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh

       enclave (largely Armenian populated). Azerbaijan has lost 16% of its

       territory and must support some 800,000 refugees and internally

       displaced persons as a result of the conflict. Corruption is

       ubiquitous and the promise of widespread wealth from Azerbaijan's

       undeveloped petroleum resources remains largely unfulfilled.

      Geography Azerbaijan

      Location:

       Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and

       Russia, with a small European portion north of the Caucasus range

      Geographic coordinates:

       40 30 N, 47 30 E

      Map references:

       Asia

      Area:

       total: 86,600 sq km

       note: includes the exclave of Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the

       Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region's autonomy was abolished by

       Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991

       water: 500 sq km

       land: 86,100 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       slightly smaller than Maine

      Land boundaries:

       total: 2,013 km

       border countries: Armenia (with Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia

       (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran

       (with Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan

       exclave) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km

      Coastline:

       0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (800

       km, est.)

      Maritime claims:

       none (landlocked)

      Climate:

       dry, semiarid steppe

      Terrain:

       large, flat Kur-Araz Ovaligi (Kura-Araks Lowland) (much of it below

       sea level) with Great Caucasus Mountains to the north, Qarabag

       Yaylasi (Karabakh Upland) in west; Baku lies on Abseron Yasaqligi

       (Apsheron Peninsula) that juts into Caspian Sea

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Caspian Sea −28 m

       highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m

      Natural resources:

       petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, alumina

      Land use: arable land: 19.31% permanent crops: 3.04% other: 77.65% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land:

       14,550 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards: