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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 |
4.719 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
9.66 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
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 |
AM 7, FM 79, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
25 (plus 10 repeaters) (1997) |
Internet country code |
.be |
Internet hosts |
3.195 million (2007) |
Internet users |
4.8 million (2005) |
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Airports |
43 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
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 |
total: 16 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 15 (2007) |
Heliports |
1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 1,561 km; oil 158 km; refined products 535 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 3,536 km standard gauge: 3,536 km 1.435-m gauge (2,950 km electrified) (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 150,567 km paved: 117,442 km (includes 1,747 km of expressways) unpaved: 33,125 km (2004) |
Waterways |
2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2006) |
Merchant marine |
total: 68 ships (1000 GRT or over) 3,786,089 GRT/6,074,664 DWT by type: bulk carrier 20, cargo 5, chemical tanker 2, container 9, liquefied gas 16, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 10, roll on/roll off 5 foreign-owned: 9 (Denmark 3, France 1, Germany 1, Greece 4) registered in other countries: 123 (Bahamas 15, Bermuda 3, Cyprus 1, France 6, Gibraltar 3, Greece 16, Hong Kong 4, Liberia 1, Luxembourg 9, Malta 10, Marshall Islands 1, Mozambique 2, Netherlands 2, Netherlands Antilles 1, Panama 11, Portugal 9, Russia 6, Sierra Leone 1, Singapore 8, St Kitts and Nevis 1, St Vincent and The Grenadines 9, Vanuatu 4) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Antwerp, Brussels, Gent, Liege, Oostende, Zeebrugge |
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