<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> a C-130 can land on a 1,060-m airstrip
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<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> poor telephone service; as of mid-1993, 672,000 telephone lines providing 14 lines per 100 persons; 339,000 unsatisfied applications for telephones (31 December 1990); international links via landline to CIS members and Turkey; low capacity satellite earth station and leased international connections via the Moscow international gateway switch with other countries; international electronic mail and telex service available
<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> transportation network is disrupted by ethnic conflict, criminal activities, and fuel shortages