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Other pages in this profile of Chile:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
3.326 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
12.451 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: privatization began in 1988; advanced telecommunications infrastructure; modern system based on extensive microwave radio relay facilities; fixed-line connections have dropped in recent years as mobile-cellular usage continues to increase, reaching a level of 75 telephones per 100 persons domestic: extensive microwave radio relay links; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations international: country code - 56; submarine cables provide links to the US and to Central and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 180 (8 inactive), FM 64, shortwave 17 (1 inactive) (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
63 (plus 121 repeaters) (1997) |
Internet country code |
.cl |
Internet hosts |
745,375 (2007) |
Internet users |
4.156 million (2006) |
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Airports |
358 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 79 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 22 914 to 1,523 m: 25 under 914 m: 19 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 279 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 914 to 1,523 m: 49 under 914 m: 216 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 2,567 km; gas/liquid petroleum gas 42 km; liquid petroleum gas 539 km; oil 1,003 km; refined products 757 km; unknown (oil/water) 97 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 6,585 km broad gauge: 2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1,317 km electrified) narrow gauge: 3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 79,605 km paved: 16,080 km (includes 407 km of expressways) unpaved: 63,525 km (2001) |
Merchant marine |
total: 48 ships (1000 GRT or over) 719,668 GRT/1,016,892 DWT by type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 6, chemical tanker 11, container 1, liquefied gas 2, passenger 4, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 1, vehicle carrier 3 foreign-owned: 1 (Argentina 1) registered in other countries: 20 (Argentina 7, Brazil 1, Marshall Islands 4, Panama 8) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Antofagasta, Arica, Huasco, Iquique, Lirquen, San Antonio, San Vicente, Valparaiso |
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