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million pledged in grants and concession loans for 2007 by international donors (2007)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $2.143 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $3.89 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $NA

      Currency (code):

      riel (KHR)

      Currency code:

      KHR

      Exchange rates:

      riels (KHR) per US dollar - 4,006 (2007), 4,103 (2006), 4,092.5 (2005), 4,016.25 (2004), 3,973.33 (2003)

      Communications

       Cambodia

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      37,500 (2007)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      2.583 million (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: mobile-phone systems are widely used in urban areas to bypass deficiencies in the fixed-line network; fixed-line connections stand at well less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage, aided by increasing competition among service providers, is increasing and stands at nearly 20 per 100 persons domestic: adequate landline and/or cellular service in Phnom Penh and other provincial cities; mobile-phone coverage is rapidly expanding in rural areas international: country code - 855; adequate but expensive landline and cellular service available to all countries from Phnom Penh and major provincial cities; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 2, FM 17, shortwave NA (2003)

      Radios:

      1.34 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

      9 (including 2 TV relay stations with French and Vietnamese broadcasts); excludes 18 regional relay stations (2006)

      Televisions:

      94,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

      .kh

      Internet hosts:

      1,230 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      2 (2000)

      Internet users:

      70,000 (2007)

      Transportation

       Cambodia

      Airports:

      17 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 6 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 11 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 1 (2007)

      Heliports:

      1 (2007)

      Railways:

      total: 602 km narrow gauge: 602 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

      Roadways:

      total: 38,257 km paved: 2,406 km unpaved: 35,851 km (2004)

      Waterways:

      2,400 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2005)

      Merchant marine:

      total: 626 by type: bulk carrier 41, cargo 530, carrier 3, chemical tanker 10, container 8, passenger/cargo 6, petroleum tanker 11, refrigerated cargo 15, roll on/roll off 1, vehicle carrier 1 foreign-owned: 467 (Canada 2, China 193, Cyprus 7, Egypt 13, Gabon 1, Greece 3, Hong Kong 8, Indonesia 2, Japan 1, South Korea 22, Latvia 1, Lebanon 8, Netherlands 1, Romania 1, Russia 83, Singapore 4, Syria 48, Taiwan 1, Turkey 26, Ukraine 34, UAE 2, US 6) (2008)

      Ports and terminals:

      Phnom Penh, Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville)

      Military

       Cambodia

      Military branches:

      Royal Cambodian Armed Forces: Royal Cambodian Army, Royal Khmer

       Navy, Royal Cambodian Air Force (2008)

      Military service age and obligation:

      conscription law of October 2006 requires all males between 18–30 to register for military service; 18-month service obligation (2006)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 3,759,034 females age 16–49: 3,784,333 (2008 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 2,581,045 females age 16–49: 2,676,075 (2008 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 185,959 female: 182,558 (2008 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      3% of GDP (2005 est.)

      Transnational Issues

       Cambodia

      Disputes - international:

      Cambodia and Thailand dispute sections of boundary with missing boundary markers and claims of Thai encroachments into Cambodian territory; maritime boundary with Vietnam is hampered by unresolved dispute over sovereignty of offshore islands; Thailand accuses Cambodia of obstructing inclusion of Thai areas near Preah Vihear temple ruins, awarded to Cambodia by ICJ decision in 1962, as part of a planned UN World Heritage site

      Illicit drugs:

      narcotics-related corruption reportedly involving some in the government, military, and police; limited methamphetamine production; vulnerable to money laundering due to its cash-based economy and porous borders

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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      @Cameroon

      Introduction

       Cameroon

      Background:

      The former French Cameroon and part of British Cameroon merged in 1961 to form the present country. Cameroon has generally enjoyed stability, which has permitted the development of agriculture, roads, and railways, as well as a petroleum industry. Despite a slow movement toward democratic reform, political power remains firmly in the hands of President Paul BIYA.

      Geography

       Cameroon

      Location:

      Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial

       Guinea and Nigeria

      Geographic coordinates:

      6 00 N, 12 00 E

      Map references:

      Africa

      Area:

      total: 475,440 sq km land: 469,440 sq km water: 6,000 sq km

      Area - comparative:

      slightly larger than California

      Land boundaries:

      total: 4,591 km border countries: Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km, Republic of the Congo

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