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Democratic Republic of the Congo:
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Other pages in this profile of the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
9,700 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
4.415 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: Inadequate; state-owned fixed-line operator has been unable to expand fixed-line connections and there are now fewer than 10,000 connections; given the backdrop of a wholly inadequate fixed-line infrastructure, the use of cellular services has surged and subscribership now exceeds 4 million - roughly 7 per 100 persons domestic: barely adequate wire and microwave radio relay service in and between urban areas; domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations international: country code - 243; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2001) |
Television broadcast stations |
4 (2001) |
Internet country code |
.cd |
Internet hosts |
2,209 (2007) |
Internet users |
180,000 (2006) |
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Airports |
237 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 26 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 1 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 211 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 914 to 1,523 m: 95 under 914 m: 99 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 54 km; oil 78 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 5,138 km narrow gauge: 3,987 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km 1.000-m gauge; 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 153,497 km paved: 2,794 km unpaved: 150,703 km (2004) |
Waterways |
15,000 km (2005) |
Merchant marine |
total: 1 ship (1000 GRT or over) 1,004 GRT/1,640 DWT by type: petroleum tanker 1 foreign-owned: 1 (Congo, Republic of the 1) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Banana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka |
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