Telephone system:

general assessment: reasonably good system
domestic: liberalization of telecom market in 2003; introduction of
competition in the mobile-cellular market in 2004
international: country code - 1-345; landing point for the MAYA-1
submarine telephone cable network that provides links to the US and
parts of Central and South America; submarine cable provides
connectivity to Jamaica; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
(Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (2004)

Radios:

36,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

4 with cable system (2004)

Televisions:

7,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.ky

Internet hosts:

4,648 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

16 (2000)

Internet users:

22,000 (2007)

Transportation
Cayman Islands

Airports:

3 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 785 km
paved: 785 km (2007)

Merchant marine:

total: 109
by type: bulk carrier 30, cargo 2, chemical tanker 42, petroleum
tanker 15, refrigerated cargo 10, roll on/roll off 3, vehicle
carrier 7
foreign-owned: 107 (Denmark 3, Germany 15, Greece 16, Italy 4, Japan
13, Norway 1, Singapore 10, UK 3, US 42) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Cayman Brac, George Town

Military
Cayman Islands

Military branches:

no regular military forces; Royal Cayman Islands Police Force (2007)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 11,790 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 9,577 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 336
female: 336 (2008 est.)

Military - note:

defense is the responsibility of the UK

Transnational Issues
Cayman Islands

Disputes - international:

none

Illicit drugs:

offshore financial center; vulnerable to drug transshipment to the
US and Europe

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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@Central African Republic

Introduction
Central African Republic

Background:

The former French colony of Ubangi-Shari became the Central African
Republic upon independence in 1960. After three tumultuous decades
of misrule - mostly by military gov