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Electricity - production:

839 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 150

Electricity - consumption:

1.01 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 145

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity - imports:

230 million kWh (2007 est.)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 209

Oil - consumption:

5,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 163

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 138

Oil - imports:

4,404 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 161

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 100

Natural gas - production:

30 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 84

Natural gas - consumption:

30 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 108

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 206

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 69

Natural gas - proved reserves:

49.55 billion cu m (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 65

Current account balance:

-$67 million (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 74

Exports:

$327 million (2007) country comparison to the world: 173 $274 million (2006); note - not including illicit exports or reexports

Exports - commodities:

opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems

Exports - partners:

India 20.5%, Pakistan 18.5%, US 17.2%, Tajikistan 13.3%, Netherlands 7.2% (2008)

Imports:

$4.85 billion (2007) country comparison to the world: 116 $3.823 billion (2006)

Imports - commodities:

capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products

Imports - partners:

Pakistan 36.9%, US 9.5%, Germany 7.7%, India 5.2% (2008)

Debt - external:

$8 billion (2004) country comparison to the world: 90

Exchange rates:

afghanis (AFA) per US dollar - 50 (2007), 46 (2006), 47.7 (2005), 48 (2004), 49 (2003)

Communications ::Afghanistan

Telephones - main lines in use:

460,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 100

Telephones - mobile cellular:

8.45 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 69

Telephone system:

general assessment: limited landline telephone service; an increasing number of Afghans utilize mobile-cellular phone networks in major cities

domestic: aided by the presence of multiple providers, mobile-cellular telephone service is improving rapidly

international: country code - 93; five VSAT's installed in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, and Jalalabad provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 21, FM 5, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashto, Dari (Afghan

Persian), Urdu, and English) (2006)

Television broadcast stations:

at least 7 (1 government-run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in 6 of the 34 provinces) (2006)

Internet country code:

.af

Internet hosts:

47 (2009) country comparison to the world: 208

Internet users:

500,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 107

Communications - note:

Internet access is growing through Internet cafes as well as public "telekiosks" in Kabul (2005)

Transportation ::Afghanistan

Airports:

51 (2009) country comparison to the world: 90

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 16

over 3,047 m: 4

2,438 to 3,047 m: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 7

914 to 1,523 m: 1

under 914 m: 1 (2009)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 35

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 4

1,524 to 2,437 m: 16

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 9 (2009)

Heliports:

11 (2009)

Pipelines:

gas 466 km (2008)

Roadways:

total: 42,150 km country comparison to the world: 87 paved: 12,350 km

unpaved: 29,800 km (2006)

Waterways:

1,200 km (chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT) (2008) country comparison to the world: 59

Ports and terminals:

Kheyrabad, Shir Khan

Military ::Afghanistan

Military branches:

Afghan Armed Forces: Afghan National Army (ANA, includes Afghan

National Army Air Corps) (2009)

Military service age and obligation:

22 years of age; inductees are contracted into service for a 4-year term (2005)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16–49: 7,431,147

females age 16–49: 7,004,819 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16–49: 4,371,193

females age 16–49: 4,072,945 (2009 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 382,720

female: 361,733 (2009 est.)

Military expenditures:

1.9% of GDP (2006 est.) country comparison to the world: 84

Transnational Issues ::Afghanistan

Disputes - international:

Pakistan has built fences in some portions of its border with Afghanistan which remains open in some areas to foreign terrorists and other illegal activities

Refugees and internally displaced persons:

IDPs: 132,246 (mostly Pashtuns and Kuchis displaced in south and west due to drought and instability) (2007)

Illicit drugs:

world's largest producer of opium; poppy cultivation decreased 22% to 157,000 hectares in 2008 but remains at a historically high level; less favorable growing conditions in 2008 reduced potential opium production to 5,500 metric tons, down 31 percent from 2007; if the entire opium crop were processed, 648 metric tons of pure heroin potentially could be produced; the Taliban and other antigovernment groups participate in and profit from the opiate trade, which is a key source of revenue for the Taliban inside Afghanistan; widespread corruption and instability impede counterdrug efforts; most of the heroin consumed in Europe and Eurasia is derived from Afghan opium; vulnerable to drug money laundering through informal financial networks; regional source of hashish (2008)

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@Akrotiri (Europe)

Introduction ::Akrotiri

Background:

By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers - Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The southernmost and smallest of these is the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Western Sovereign Base Area.

Geography ::Akrotiri

Location:

Eastern Mediterranean, peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus

Geographic coordinates: