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Currency (code):

Australian dollar (AUD); note - there is also a Tuvaluan dollar

Currency code:

Exchange rates:

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

Communications
Tuvalu

Telephones - main lines in use:

900 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1,300 (2005)

Telephone system:

general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004)

Radios:

4,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

0 (2004)

Televisions:

800

Internet country code:

.tv

Internet hosts:

56,209 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

1,300 (2002)

Transportation
Tuvalu

Airports:

1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

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

Roadways:

total: 8 km paved: 8 km (2002)

Merchant marine:

total: 80 by type: bulk carrier 7, cargo 30, chemical tanker 14, container 2, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 22, refrigerated cargo 1, specialized tanker 1 foreign-owned: 63 (China 16, Hong Kong 7, Kenya 1, South Korea 1, Malaysia 1, Maldives 1, Norway 1, Russia 2, Singapore 23, Thailand 1, Turkey 2, Ukraine 1, US 1, Vietnam 5) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Funafuti

Military
Tuvalu

Military branches:

no regular military forces; Tuvalu Police Force (2008)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 128 female: 125 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures: