tions - 7

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 7, FM 115 (includes 20 National radio broadcaster repeaters),
shortwave 4 (2006)

Radios:

155,900 (1999)

Television broadcast stations:

456 (including provincial and low-power repeaters) (2006)

Televisions:

168,800 (1999)

Internet country code:

.mn

Internet hosts:

356 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

5 (2001)

Internet users:

320,000 (2007)

Transportation
Mongolia

Airports:

44 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 13
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 31
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 23
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Heliports:

1 (2007)

Railways:

total: 1,810 km
broad gauge: 1,810 km 1.524-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:

total: 49,250 km
paved: 1,724 km
unpaved: 47,526 km (2002)

Waterways:

580 km
note: only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol (135 km); Selenge
River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry
little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from May
to September (2004)

Merchant marine:

total: 77
by type: bulk carrier 20, cargo 44, chemical tanker 2, liquefied gas
1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 6,
vehicle carrier 1
foreign-owned: 53 (China 1, Germany 4, Indonesia 1, North Korea 1,
South Korea 1, Lebanon 2, Russia 9, Singapore 9, Thailand 1, Ukraine
1, Vietnam 23) (2008)

Military
Mongolia

Military branches:

Mongolian Armed Forces: Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air Force; there
is no navy (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

18-25 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript
service obligation - 12 months in land or air defense forces or
police; a small portion of Mongolian land forces (2.5 percent) is
comprised of contract soldiers; women cannot be deployed overseas
for military operations (2006)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 865,425
females age 16-49: 860,669 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 696,652
females age 16-49: 731,480 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 29,990
female: 29,256 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

1.4% of GDP (2006)

Transnational Issues
Mongolia

Disputes - international:

none