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ipient: $493.1 million (1995) Currency: 1 kwanza (NKz) = 100 lwei Exchange rates: kwanza (NKz) per US$1 - 577,304 (January 2000), 2,790,706 (1999), 392,824 (1998), 229,040 (1997), 128,029 (1996), 2,750 (1995); note - beginning in June 1998, the official rate is determined weekly in accordance with a crawling peg scheme Fiscal year: calendar year @Angola:Communications Telephones - main lines in use: 60,000 (1995) Telephones - mobile cellular: 1,994 (1995) Telephone system: telephone service limited mostly to government and business use; HF radiotelephone used extensively for military links domestic: limited system of wire, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) Radio broadcast stations: AM 34, FM 7, shortwave 9 (1999) Radios: 630,000 (1997) Television broadcast stations: 7 (1999) Televisions: 150,000 (1997) Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (1999) @Angola:Transportation Railways: total: 2,952 km (inland, much of the track is unusable because of land mines still in place from the civil war) narrow gauge: 2,798 km 1.067-m gauge; 154 km 0.600-m gauge (1997) Highways: total: 76,626 km paved: 19,156 km unpaved: 57,470 km (1997 est.) Waterways: 1,295 km navigable Pipelines: crude oil 179 km Ports and harbors: Ambriz, Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Malongo, Namibe, Porto Amboim, Soyo Merchant marine: total: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 39,305 GRT/63,067 DWT ships by type: cargo 8, petroleum tanker 1 (1999 est.) Airports: 249 (1999 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total: 32 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 217 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 31 914 to 1,523 m: 96 under 914 m: 83 (1999 est.) @Angola:Military Military branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Police Force Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,429,842 (2000 est.) Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 1,221,277 (2000 est.) Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 101,434 (2000 est.) Military expenditures - dollar figure: $1.2 billion (FY97/98) Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 25% (FY97/98) @Angola:Transnational Issues Disputes - in
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