ternet hosts:

1.554 million (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

18 (2000)

Internet users:

12.1 million (2007)

Transportation
Colombia

Airports:

934 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 103
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 39
914 to 1,523 m: 42
under 914 m: 12 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 831
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 216
under 914 m: 580 (2007)

Heliports:

2 (2007)

Pipelines:

gas 4,329 km; oil 6,140 km; refined products 3,145 km (2007)

Railways:

total: 3,304 km
standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:

total: 164,257 km (2005)

Waterways:

18,000 km (2006)

Merchant marine:

total: 17
by type: cargo 13, petroleum tanker 3, specialized tanker 1
registered in other countries: 6 (Antigua and Barbuda 2, Panama 4)
(2008)

Ports and terminals:

Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Turbo

Military
Colombia

Military branches:

National Army (Ejercito Nacional), National Navy (Armada Nacional,
includes Naval Aviation, Naval Infantry (Infanteria de Marina,
Colmar), and Coast Guard), Colombian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de
Colombia, FAC) (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

18-24 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service;
service obligation - 18 months (2004)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 11,478,109
females age 16-49: 11,809,279 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 8,056,336
females age 16-49: 9,919,952 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 442,403
female: 433,192 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

3.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues
Colombia

Disputes - international:

in December 2007, ICJ allocates San Andres, Providencia, and Santa
Catalina islands to Colombia under 1928 Treaty but does not rule on
82 deg.W meridian as maritime boundary with Nicaragua; managed dispute
with Venezuela over maritime boundary and Venezuelan-administered
Los Monjes Islands near the Gulf of Venezuela; Colombian-organized
illegal narcotics, guerrilla, and paramilitary activities penetrate
all neighboring borders and have caused Colombian citizens to flee
mostly into neighboring countries; Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Jamaica, and th