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countries, some of which

       are directly connected to Baku by satellite providers other than

       Turkey (1997)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)

      Radios:

       175,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       2 (1997)

      Televisions:

       170,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .az

      Internet hosts:

       586 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       2 (2000)

      Internet users:

       300,000 (2002)

      Transportation Azerbaijan

      Railways: total: 2,957 km broad gauge: 2,957 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2003)

      Highways: total: 24,981 km paved: 23,057 km unpaved: 1,924 km (2000)

      Pipelines:

       gas 4,451 km; oil 1,518 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Baku (Baki)

      Merchant marine:

       total: 56 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 253,004 GRT/318,922 DWT

       by type: cargo 14, petroleum tanker 40, roll on/roll off 2

       foreign-owned: Russia 1 (2004 est.)

      Airports:

       67 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 27 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 1 (2003 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 15

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 40

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

       under 914 m: 32 (2003 est.)

       914 to 1,523 m: 6

      Heliports:

       2 (2003 est.)

      Military Azerbaijan

      Military branches:

       Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces

      Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; law passed December 2001 raises maximum conscription age from 28 to 35 (December 2001)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 2,187,847 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 1,748,567 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 83,131 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $121 million (FY99)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       2.6% (FY99)

      Transnational Issues Azerbaijan

      Disputes - international:

       Armenia supports ethnic Armenian secessionists in Nagorno-Karabakh

       and militarily occupies about one-sixth of Azerbaijan - Organization

       for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) continues to mediate

       dispute; Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia ratify Caspian seabed

       delimitation treaties based on equidistance, while Iran continues to

       insist on an even one-fifth allocation and challenges Azerbaijan's

       hydrocarbon exploration in disputed waters; talks resume with

       Turkmenistan on dividing the seabed in 2004 as both sides await an

       ICJ decision on contested oilfields in the middle of the Caspian;

       Azerbaijan protests Georgian constructions at the Red Bridge

       crossing and several other small segments of boundary, which remain

       unresolved until delimitation

      Refugees and internally displaced persons:

       IDPs: 571,000 (conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh) (2004)

      Illicit drugs:

       limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for

       CIS consumption; small government eradication program; transit point

       for Southwest Asian opiates bound for Russia and to a lesser extent

       the rest of Europe

      This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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      @Bahamas, The

      Introduction Bahamas, The

      Background:

       Arawak Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus

       first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British

       settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony

       in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, The

       Bahamas have prospered through tourism and international banking and

       investment management. Because of its geography, the country is a

       major transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly shipments

       to the US, and its territory is used for smuggling illegal migrants

       into the US.

      Geography Bahamas, The

      Location:

       Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast

       of Florida, northeast of Cuba

      Geographic coordinates:

       24 15 N, 76 00 W

      Map references:

       Central America and the Caribbean

      Area:

       total: 13,940 sq km

       water: 3,870 sq km

       land: 10,070 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       slightly smaller than Connecticut

      Land boundaries:

       0 km

      Coastline:

       3,542 km

      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

      Climate:

       tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream

      Terrain:

       long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m

      Natural resources:

       salt, aragonite, timber, arable land

      Land use: arable land: 0.8% permanent crops: 0.4% other: 98.8% (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       NA sq km

      Natural hazards:

       hurricanes and other tropical storms

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