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Other pages in this profile of Bahrain:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
193,300 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
898,900 (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: modern system domestic: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile-cellular telephones international: country code - 973; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and US; tropospheric scatter to Qatar and UAE; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 1 (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
4 (1997) |
Internet country code |
.bh |
Internet hosts |
2,413 (2007) |
Internet users |
157,300 (2006) |
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Airports |
3 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 3 over 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007) |
Heliports |
1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 20 km; oil 52 km (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 3,498 km paved: 2,768 km unpaved: 730 km (2003) |
Merchant marine |
total: 7 ships (1000 GRT or over) 220,264 GRT/314,289 DWT by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 1, container 2, petroleum tanker 1 foreign-owned: 3 (Kuwait 3) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Mina' Salman, Sitrah |
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