Ports: Cienfuegos, La Habana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas,
Santiago de Cuba
Merchant marine:
total: 48 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 278,103 GRT/396,138 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 22, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas
tanker 4, oil tanker 10, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 9
note: Cuba beneficially owns an additional 24 ships (1,000 GRT or
over) totaling 215,703 DWT under the registry of Panama, Cyprus,
Malta, and Mauritius
Airports:
total: 181
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 7
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 10
with paved runways under 914 m: 106
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 36
@Cuba:Communications
Telephone system: 229,000 telephones; 20.7 telephones/1,000 persons;
among the world's least developed telephone systems
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth station
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 150, FM 5, shortwave 0
radios: 2.14 million
Television:
broadcast stations: 58
televisions: 1.53 million
@Cuba:Defense Forces
Branches: Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) includes ground forces,
Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR),
Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), and Youth Labor Army (EJT); Interior
Ministry Border Guards (TGF),
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 3,065,751; females age 15-49
3,023,997; males fit for military service 1,909,901; females fit for
military service 1,878,768; males reach military age (17) annually
72,582; females reach military age (17) annually 69,361 (1995 est.)