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Burkina Faso:
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Other pages in this profile of Burkina Faso:
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 94,800 (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 6.2 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 1.611 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 105.5 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: services only fair; in 2006 the government sold a 51 percent stake in the national telephone company and ultimately plans to retain only a 23 percent stake in the company; fixed-line connections stand at less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage, fostered by multiple providers, is increasing rapidly from a low base domestic: microwave radio relay, open-wire, and radiotelephone communication stations international: country code - 226; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 2, FM 26, shortwave 3 |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 3 (1 national, 2 private) |
Internet country code |
Definition .bf |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 193 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map nearly 0 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 80,000 (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 5.2 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 33 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 2 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 31 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 17 (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 622 km narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge note: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote D'Ivoire (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 92,495 km paved: 3,857 km unpaved: 88,638 km (2004) |
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