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tion of the state-owned telephone monopoly has begun domestic: cable, open wire, and microwave radio relay; 3 cellular networks international: satellite earth stations--2 Intelsat, NA Eutelsat, 2 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions), and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) Radio broadcast stations: AM 27, FM 75, shortwave 1 (1994 est.) Radios: 9.9 million registered (1996) Television broadcast stations: 150 (1997) Televisions: 9.4 million registered (1996) Transportation Railways: total: 24,313 km broad gauge: 652 km 1.520-m gauge standard gauge: 22,243 km 1.435-m gauge (11,648 km electrified; 8,978 km double track) narrow gauge: 1,418 km various gauges including 1.000-m, 0.785-m, 0.750-m, and 0.600-m (1996) Highways: total: 377,048 km paved: 247,721 km (including 264 km of expressways) unpaved: 129,327 km (1997 est.) Waterways: 3,812 km navigable rivers and canals (1996) Pipelines: crude oil and petroleum products 2,280 km; natural gas 17,000 km (1996) Ports and harbors: Gdansk, Gdynia, Gliwice, Kolobrzeg, Szczecin, Swinoujscie, Ustka, Warsaw, Wrocaw Merchant marine: total: 61 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,162,954 GRT/1,866,462 DWT ships by type: bulk 53, cargo 3, chemical tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 2 (1998 est.) Airports: 92 (1998 est.) Airports--with paved runways: total: 74 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 25 1,524 to 2,437 m: 38 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 3 (1998 est.) Airports--with unpaved runways: total: 18 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 7 (1998 est.) Heliports: 3 (1998 est.) Military Military branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force Military manpower--military age: 19 years of age Military manpower--availability: males age 15-49: 10,417,314 (1999 est.) Military manpower--fit for military service: males age 15-49: 8,104,484 (1999 est.) Military manpower--reaching military age annually: males: 334,420 (1999 est.) Military expenditures--dollar figure: $3.3 billion (1998) Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 2.2% (1998) Transnational Issues Disputes--international: none Illicit drugs: major illicit producer of amphetamines for the international market; transshipment point for Asian and Latin American illicit drugs to Western Europe ====
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