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==Communication of Gayuna== | ==Communication of Gayuna== | ||
*Telephones - main lines in use: 154,200 (2012) | |||
:country comparison to the world: 136 | |||
*Telephones - mobile cellular: 547,000 (2012) | |||
:country comparison to the world: 167 | |||
*Telephone system: | |||
:general assessment: fair system for long-distance service; microwave radio relay network for trunk lines; many areas still lack fixed-line telephone services | |||
:domestic: fixed-line teledensity is about 20 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity about 70 per 100 persons in 2011 | |||
:international: country code - 592; tropospheric scatter to Trinidad; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011) | |||
Broadcast media: government-dominated broadcast media; the National Communications Network (NCN) TV is state-owned; a few private TV stations relay satellite services; the state owns and operates 2 radio stations broadcasting on multiple frequencies capable of reaching the entire country; government limits on licensing of new private radio stations continue to constrain competition in broadcast media (2007) | |||
*Internet country code:.gy | |||
:Internet hosts: 24,936 (2012) | |||
:country comparison to the world: 112 | |||
*Internet users: 189,600 (2009) | |||
:country comparison to the world: 142 | |||
==Transportation of Gayuna== | |||
*Airports: 117 (2013) | |||
:country comparison to the world: 50 | |||
*Airports - with paved runways: | |||
:total: 11 | |||
:1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 | |||
:914 to 1,523 m: 1 | |||
:under 914 m: 8 (2013) | |||
*Airports - with unpaved runways: | |||
:total: 106 | |||
:1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 | |||
:914 to 1,523 m: 16 | |||
:under 914 m: | |||
:89 (2013) | |||
*Roadways: | |||
*total: 7,970 km | |||
:country comparison to the world: 141 | |||
:paved: 590 km | |||
:unpaved: 7,380 km (2000) | |||
:Waterways: 330 km (the Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively) (2012) | |||
:country comparison to the world: 92 | |||
*Merchant marine: | |||
:total: 10 | |||
:country comparison to the world: 114 | |||
:by type: cargo 7, petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1 | |||
:registered in other countries: 3 (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2, unknown 1) (2010) | |||
*Ports and terminals: | |||
:major seaport(s): Georgetown | |||
==Military of Gayuna== | |||
*Military branches: | |||
:Guyana Defense Force: Army (includes Air Corps, Coast Guard) (2012) | |||
*Military service age and obligation: | |||
:18 years of age or older for voluntary military service; no conscription (2014) | |||
*Manpower available for military service: | |||
:males age 16-49: 189,840 (2010 est.) | |||
*Manpower fit for military service: | |||
:males age 16-49: 133,239 | |||
:females age 16-49: 147,719 (2010 est.) | |||
*Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually: | |||
:male: 8,849 | |||
:female: 8,460 (2010 est.) | |||
*Military expenditures: | |||
:1.09% of GDP (2012) | |||
*country comparison to the world: 94 | |||
:1.17% of GDP (2011) | |||
:1.09% of GDP (2010) | |||
==Transnational Issues of Gayuna== | |||
*Disputes - international: | |||
:all of the area west of the Essequibo River is claimed by Venezuela preventing any discussion of a maritime boundary; Guyana has expressed its intention to join Barbados in asserting claims before UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that Trinidad and Tobago's maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into their waters; Suriname claims a triangle of land between the New and Kutari/Koetari rivers in a historic dispute over the headwaters of the Courantyne; Guyana seeks arbitration under provisions of the UNCLOS to resolve the long-standing dispute with Suriname over the axis of the territorial sea boundary in potentially oil-rich waters | |||
*Trafficking in persons: | |||
:current situation: Guyana is a source and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor; Guyanese and foreign women and girls are forced into prostitution in Guyana; experts are concerned that Guyanese children are subjected to exploitive labor practices in the mining, agriculture, and forestry sectors; Indonesian workers are victims of forced labor on Guyanese-flagged fishing boats | |||
:tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Guyana does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; despite some progress in identifying and assisting some trafficking victims, the government has failed to increase its efforts to hold trafficking offenders accountable with jail time, creating an enabling environment for human trafficking; public comments from the government downplaying the scope of Guyana's trafficking problem diminishes the potential impact of its awareness campaigns; authorities operate a hotline for trafficking victims and conduct several awareness and sensitization sessions that target vulnerable communities (2013) | |||
*Illicit drugs: | |||
:transshipment point for narcotics from South America - primarily Venezuela - to Europe and the US; producer of cannabis; rising money laundering related to drug trafficking and human smuggling | |||
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