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Other pages in this profile of Belgium:
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 4.719 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 453.6 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 9.66 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 928.5 (2006) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: highly developed, technologically advanced, and completely automated domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities domestic: nationwide cellular telephone system; extensive cable network; limited microwave radio relay network international: country code - 32; landing point for a number of submarine cables that provide links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat - 3) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 7, FM 79, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 25 (plus 10 repeaters) (1997) |
Internet country code |
Definition .be |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 3.195 million (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 307.1 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 4.8 million (2005) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 461.4 (2005) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 43 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 27 over 3,047 m: 6 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 9 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 16 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 15 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition gas 1,562 km; oil 158 km; refined products 535 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 3,536 km standard gauge: 3,536 km 1.435-m gauge (2,950 km electrified) (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 150,567 km paved: 117,442 km (includes 1,747 km of expressways) unpaved: 33,125 km (2004) |
Waterways |
Definition 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2006) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 85 ships (1000 GRT or over) 4,302,948 GRT/6,792,521 DWT by type: bulk carrier 23, cargo 9, chemical tanker 2, container 8, liquefied gas 20, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 11, roll on/roll off 10 foreign-owned: 7 (Denmark 4, France 2, Greece 1) registered in other countries: 108 (Bahamas 16, Bermuda 2, Cyprus 1, France 6, Gibraltar 2, Greece 16, Hong Kong 2, Liberia 4, Luxembourg 7, Malta 12, Mozambique 2, Netherlands 2, Netherlands Antilles 1, Panama 2, Portugal 8, Russia 4, Singapore 8, St Kitts and Nevis 1, St Vincent and the Grenadines 8, Vanuatu 4) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Antwerp, Gent, Liege, Zeebrugge |
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