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Other pages in this profile of Costa Rica:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
1.351 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
1.444 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service; state-run monopoly provider is struggling with the demand for new lines, resulting in long waiting times domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available international: country code - 506; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable and the MAYA-1 submarine cable that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002) |
Television broadcast stations |
20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002) |
Internet country code |
.cr |
Internet hosts |
13,792 (2007) |
Internet users |
1.214 million (2006) |
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Airports |
151 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 36 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 21 under 914 m: 11 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 115 914 to 1,523 m: 19 under 914 m: 96 (2007) |
Pipelines |
refined products 242 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 278 km narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge note: none of the railway network is in use (2007) |
Roadways |
total: 35,330 km paved: 8,621 km unpaved: 26,709 km (2004) |
Waterways |
730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2007) |
Merchant marine |
total: 1 ship (1000 GRT or over) 1,058 GRT/255 DWT by type: passenger/cargo 1 (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Caldera, Puerto Limon |
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