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Other pages in this profile of Belize:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
33,900 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
118,300 (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: above-average system; fixed-line teledensity of 12 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density of about 40 per 100 persons domestic: trunk network depends primarily on microwave radio relay international: country code - 501; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth station - 8 (Intelsat - 2, unknown - 6) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 1, FM 16, shortwave 0 (2006) |
Television broadcast stations |
5 (2006) |
Internet country code |
.bz |
Internet hosts |
1,942 (2007) |
Internet users |
34,000 (2006) |
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Airports |
44 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 2 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 40 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 12 under 914 m: 27 (2007) |
Roadways |
total: 2,872 km paved: 488 km unpaved: 2,384 km (1999) |
Waterways |
825 km (navigable only by small craft) (2007) |
Merchant marine |
total: 261 ships (1000 GRT or over) 940,852 GRT/1,275,111 DWT by type: barge carrier 1, bulk carrier 36, cargo 190, chemical tanker 5, container 5, petroleum tanker 9, refrigerated cargo 8, roll on/roll off 6, specialized tanker 1 foreign-owned: 217 (China 107, Croatia 1, Cyprus 1, Estonia 1, Hong Kong 5, Iceland 1, Italy 4, Japan 2, South Korea 4, Latvia 14, Norway 3, Peru 1, Philippines 1, Russia 39, Singapore 3, Spain 2, Turkey 11, Ukraine 10, UAE 4, US 3) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Belize City, Big Creek |
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