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Argentina:
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Other pages in this profile of Argentina:
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 9.46 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 232.6 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 40.402 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 993.2 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: by opening the telecommunications market to competition and foreign investment with the "Telecommunications Liberalization Plan of 1998," Argentina encouraged the growth of modern telecommunications technology; fiber-optic cable trunk lines are being installed between all major cities; major networks are entirely digital and the availability of telephone service is improving; fixed-line telephone density is gradually increasing reaching nearly 25 lines per 100 people in 2006; mobile telephone density has been increasing rapidly and has reached a level of 80 telephones per 100 persons domestic: microwave radio relay, fiber-optic cable, and a domestic satellite system with 40 earth stations serve the trunk network; more than 110,000 pay telephones are installed and mobile telephone use is rapidly expanding; broadband services are gaining ground international: country code - 54; landing point for the Atlantis-2, UNISUR, and South America-1 optical submarine cable systems that provide links to Europe, Africa, South and Central America, and US; satellite earth stations - 112; 2 international gateways near Buenos Aires (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 260 (includes 10 inactive stations), FM (probably more than 1,000, mostly unlicensed), shortwave 6 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997) |
Internet country code |
Definition .ar |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 2.159 million (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 53.1 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 8.184 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 201.2 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 1,272 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 154 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 26 1,524 to 2,437 m: 65 914 to 1,523 m: 50 under 914 m: 9 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 1,118 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 44 914 to 1,523 m: 515 under 914 m: 556 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition gas 28,657 km; liquid petroleum gas 41 km; oil 5,607 km; refined products 3,052 km; unknown (oil/water) 13 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 31,902 km broad gauge: 20,858 km 1.676-m gauge (141 km electrified) standard gauge: 2,885 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified) narrow gauge: 7,922 km 1.000-m gauge; 237 km 0.750-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 231,374 km paved: 69,412 km (includes 734 km of expressways) unpaved: 161,962 km (2004) |
Waterways |
Definition 11,000 km (2006) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 48 ships (1000 GRT or over) 581,603 GRT/948,331 DWT by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 10, chemical tanker 1, container 1, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 24, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 2 foreign-owned: 14 (Brazil 1, Chile 7, Spain 2, UK 4) registered in other countries: 16 (Liberia 3, Panama 6, Paraguay 4, Uruguay 3) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Arroyo Seco, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Rosario, San Lorenzo-San Martin |
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