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Other pages in this profile of the United Arab Emirates:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 1.31 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 283.5 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 7.595 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 1,643.4 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile-cellular telephones; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai domestic: microwave radio relay, fiber optic and coaxial cable international: country code - 971; linked to the international submarine cable FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); landing point for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 AND SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 13, FM 8, shortwave 2 (2004) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 15 (2004) |
Internet country code |
Definition .ae |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 6,001 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 1.3 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 1.709 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 369.8 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 39 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 22 over 3,047 m: 10 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 3 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 17 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 5 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 5 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition condensate 520 km; gas 2,908 km; liquid petroleum gas 300 km; oil 2,950 km; oil/gas/water 5 km; refined products 156 km (2007) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 1,088 km paved: 1,088 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (1999) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 59 ships (1000 GRT or over) 751,321 GRT/995,133 DWT by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 9, chemical tanker 6, container 8, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 22, roll on/roll off 5, specialized tanker 1 foreign-owned: 14 (Denmark 1, Greece 3, Kuwait 10) registered in other countries: 319 (Bahamas 24, Belize 3, Cambodia 1, Comoros 8, Cyprus 9, Georgia 1, Gibraltar 2, Hong Kong 2, India 8, Indonesia 2, Iran 2, Isle of Man 1, Jordan 15, Liberia 24, Malta 7, Marshall Islands 15, Mexico 1, Netherlands 5, North Korea 5, Panama 104, Papua New Guinea 6, Philippines 1, Saudi Arabia 1, Sierra Leone 8, Singapore 14, Somalia 1, St Kitts and Nevis 19, St Vincent and the Grenadines 13, Turkey 1, UK 9, unknown 7) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Mina' Zayid (Abu Dhabi), Al Fujayrah, Mina' Jabal 'Ali (Dubai), Mina' Rashid (Dubai), Mina' Saqr (Ra's al Khaymah), Khawr Fakkan (Sharjah) |
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