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cable (SAT-3/WASC) provides connectivity to Europe and Asia (2005) Radio broadcast stations: AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2000) Radios: 815,000 (2000) Television broadcast stations: 6 (2000) Televisions: 196,000 (2000) Internet country code: .ao Internet hosts: 2,525 (2006) Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000) Internet users: 172,000 (2005) Transportation Angola Airports: 244 (2006) Airports - with paved runways: total: 31 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 1 (2006) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 213 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 30 914 to 1,523 m: 95 under 914 m: 81 (2006) Pipelines: gas 235 km; liquid petroleum gas 122 km; oil 867 km; oil/gas/water 5 km (2006) Railways: total: 2,761 km narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2005) Roadways: total: 51,429 km paved: 5,349 km unpaved: 46,080 km (2001) Waterways: 1,300 km (2005) Merchant marine: total: 4 ships (1000 GRT or over) 4,343 GRT/4,643 DWT by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 1 registered in other countries: 5 (Bahamas 5) (2006) Ports and terminals: Cabinda, Luanda, Soyo Military Angola Military branches: Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), Air and Air Defense Forces (FANA) (2006) Military service age and obligation: 17 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - two years plus time for training (2001) Manpower available for military service: males age 17-49: 2,548,455 females age 17-49: 2,462,601 (2005 est.) Manpower fit for military service: males age 17-49: 1,282,195 females age 17-49: 1,256,390 (2005 est.) Manpower reaching military service age annually: males age 18-49: 126,694 females age 17-49: 123,586 (2005 est.) Military expenditures - dollar figure: $2 billion (2005 est.) Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 8.8% (2005 est.) Transnational Issues Angola Disputes - international: many Cabinda exclave secessionists have sought shelter in neighboring states Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 13,464 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 61,700 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2006) Illicit drugs: used as a tra
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