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Ecuador:
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Other pages in this profile of Ecuador:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 1.754 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 125.9 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 10.086 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 724.2 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded domestic: fixed-line services provided by three state-owned enterprises; plans to transfer the state-owned operators to private ownership have repeatedly failed; fixed-line density stands at about 13 per 100 persons; mobile cellular use has surged and has a subscribership of nearly 65 per 100 persons international: country code - 593; landing point for the PAN-AM submarine telecommunications cable that provides links to the west coast of South America, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and extending onward to Aruba and the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2000) |
Internet country code |
Definition .ec |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 28,420 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 2 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 1.549 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 111.2 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 406 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 104 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 914 to 1,523 m: 26 under 914 m: 54 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 302 914 to 1,523 m: 34 under 914 m: 268 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition extra heavy crude oil 578 km; gas 71 km; oil 1,389 km; refined products 1,185 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 966 km narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 43,197 km paved: 6,467 km unpaved: 36,730 km (2004) |
Waterways |
Definition 1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2006) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 35 ships (1000 GRT or over) 197,047 GRT/314,448 DWT by type: cargo 1, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger 8, petroleum tanker 23, specialized tanker 1 foreign-owned: 1 (US 1) registered in other countries: 4 (China 1, Panama 3) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, Manta, Puerto Bolivar |
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