nal: country code - 238; landing point for the Atlantis-2
fiber-optic transatlantic telephone cable that provides links to
South America, Senegal, and Europe; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and
Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
(2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 0, FM 22 (plus 12 repeaters), shortwave 0 (2001)

Radios:

100,000 (2002 est.)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (plus 7 repeaters) (2001)

Televisions:

15,000 (2002 est.)

Internet country code:

.cv

Internet hosts:

20 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2002)

Internet users:

37,000 (2007)

Transportation
Cape Verde

Airports:

8 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 8
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 1,350 km
paved: 932 km
unpaved: 418 km (2000)

Merchant marine:

total: 8
by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, passenger/cargo 5
foreign-owned: 2 (Spain 1, UK 1) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Porto Grande

Military
Cape Verde

Military branches:

People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP): Army, Coast Guard
(includes maritime air wing) (2007)

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age (est.) for selective compulsory military service;
14-month conscript service obligation (2006)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 103,650
females age 16-49: 103,553 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 83,082
females age 16-49: 88,832 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 5,566
female: 5,441 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

0.7% of GDP (2005)

Transnational Issues
Cape Verde

Disputes - international:

none

Illicit drugs:

used as a transshipment point for Latin American cocaine destined
for Western Europe; the lack of a well-developed financial system
limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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@Cayman Islands

Introduction
Cayman Islands

Background:

The Cayman Islands were colonized from Jamaica by the British during
the 18th and 19th centuries, and were administered by Jamaica after
1863. In 1959, the islands became a territory within the Federation
of t