er euro; the euro will replace the local
currency in consenting countries for all transactions in 2002

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: 12.6 million (1990 est.)

Telephone system: generally adequate, modern facilities
domestic: NA
international: 22 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth
stations--2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA
Eutelsat, NA Inmarsat, and NA Marecs; tropospheric scatter to
adjacent countries

Radio broadcast stations: AM 190, FM 406 (repeaters 134),
shortwave 0

Radios: 12 million (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 542 (382 network stations, 160
low-power stations, and one US Air Force Europe station) (1997)

Televisions: 15.7 million (1992 est.)

Transportation

Railways:
total: 15,079 km
broad gauge: 12,781 km 1.668-m gauge (6,355 km electrified; 2,295 km
double track)
standard gauge: 525 km 1.435-m gauge (480 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,773 km 1.000-m gauge (594 km electrified) (1996)

Highways:
total: 346,858 km
paved: 343,389 km (including 9,063 km of expressways)
unpaved: 3,469 km (1997 est.)

Waterways: 1,045 km, but of minor economic importance

Pipelines: crude oil 265 km; petroleum products 1,794 km; natural
gas 1,666 km

Ports and harbors: Aviles, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Cartagena,
Castellon de la Plana, Ceuta, Huelva, La Coruna, Las Palmas (Canary
Islands), Malaga, Melilla, Pasajes, Gijon, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
(Canary Islands), Santander, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo

Merchant marine:
total: 137 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,094,408
GRT/1,695,708 DWT
ships by type: bulk 11, cargo 29, chemical tanker 10, container 10,
liquefied gas tanker 3, oil tanker 25, passenger 1, refrigerated
cargo 6, roll-on/roll-off cargo 35, short-sea passenger 6,
specialized tanker 1 (1998 est.)

Airports: 99 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 66
over 3,047 m: 15
2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 9 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 33
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 21 (1998 est.)

Heliports: 2 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Civil Guard,
National Police, Coastal Civil Guard

Military manpower--military age: 20 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49