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Azerbaijan:
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Other pages in this profile of Azerbaijan:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
1.189 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
3.324 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 15 main lines per 100 persons is low; mobile cellular penetration is increasing and is currently about 40 telephones per 100 persons domestic: fixed-line telephony and a broad range of other telecom services are controlled by a state-owned telecoms monopoly and growth has been stagnant; more competition exists in the mobile-cellular market with three providers in 2006; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Naxcivan international: country code - 994; the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; satellite earth stations - 2 (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
2 (1997) |
Internet country code |
.az |
Internet hosts |
3,067 (2007) |
Internet users |
829,100 (2006) |
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Airports |
35 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 27 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 13 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 2 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 8 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 7 (2007) |
Heliports |
1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 3,190 km; oil 2,436 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 2,122 km broad gauge: 2,122 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 59,141 km paved: 29,210 km unpaved: 29,931 km (2004) |
Merchant marine |
total: 86 ships (1000 GRT or over) 421,061 GRT/460,968 DWT by type: cargo 26, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 9, petroleum tanker 45, roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 3 registered in other countries: 4 (Georgia 1, Malta 3) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Baku (Baki) |
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