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Cuba:
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Other pages in this profile of Cuba:
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 972,900 (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 85.2 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 198,300 (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 17.4 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: greater investment beginning in 1994 and the establishment of a new Ministry of Information Technology and Communications in 2000 has resulted in improvements in the system; wireless service is expensive and must be paid in convertible pesos which effectively limits mobile cellular subscribership domestic: national fiber-optic system under development; 95% of switches digitized by end of 2006; fixed telephone line density remains low, at less than 10 per 100 inhabitants; domestic cellular service expanding but remains at only about 2 per 100 persons international: country code - 53; fiber-optic cable laid to but not linked to US network; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 58 (1997) |
Internet country code |
Definition .cu |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 3,388 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 0.3 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 240,000 note: private citizens are prohibited from buying computers or accessing the Internet without special authorization; foreigners may access the Internet in large hotels but are subject to firewalls; some Cubans buy illegal passwords on the black market or take advantage of public outlets to access limited email and the government-controlled "intranet" (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 21 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 165 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 70 over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 18 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 31 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 95 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 23 under 914 m: 71 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition gas 49 km; oil 230 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 4,226 km standard gauge: 4,226 km 1.435-m gauge (140 km electrified) note: an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations; about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 60,858 km paved: 29,820 km (includes 638 km of expressway) unpaved: 31,038 km (2000) |
Waterways |
Definition 240 km (2007) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 11 ships (1000 GRT or over) 29,953 GRT/43,637 DWT by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 3, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 2 foreign-owned: 1 (Spain 1) registered in other countries: 15 (Bahamas 1, Cyprus 1, Netherlands Antilles 1, Panama 11, Spain 1) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Cienfuegos, Havana, Matanzas |
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