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Currency (code):

Australian dollar (AUD)

Currency code:

Exchange rates:

Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 1.2137 (2007), 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003)

Communications
Kiribati

Telephones - main lines in use:

4,500 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

700 (2005)

Telephone system:

general assessment: generally good quality national and international service domestic: wire line service available on Tarawa and Kiritimati (Christmas Island); connections to outer islands by HF/VHF radiotelephone; wireless service available in Tarawa since 1999 international: country code - 686; Kiribati is being linked to the Pacific Ocean Cooperative Telecommunications Network, which should improve telephone service; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (may be inactive) (2002)

Radios:

17,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (possibly inactive) (2002)

Televisions:

1,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.ki

Internet hosts:

9 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

2,000 (2007)

Transportation
Kiribati

Airports:

19 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 15 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 4 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 670 km (2000)

Waterways:

5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2007)

Merchant marine:

total: 43 by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 18, chemical tanker 3, petroleum tanker 6, refrigerated cargo 14 foreign-owned: 31 (China 15, Hong Kong 4, South Korea 2, Singapore 4, Taiwan 5, Turkey 1) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Betio

Military
Kiribati

Military branches:

no regular military forces (constitutionally prohibited); Police Force (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 26,377 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 17,577 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 1,247 female: 1,226 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures: