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Gabon:
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Other pages in this profile of Gabon:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
36,500 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
764,700 (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: adequate service by African standards and improving with the help of a growing mobile cell network system with three providers; mobile-cellular subscribership exceeded 50 per 100 persons in 2006 domestic: adequate system of cable, microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, radiotelephone communication stations, and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations international: country code - 241; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 6, FM 7 (plus 11 repeaters), shortwave 4 (2001) |
Television broadcast stations |
4 (plus 4 repeaters) (2001) |
Internet country code |
.ga |
Internet hosts |
288 (2007) |
Internet users |
81,000 (2006) |
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Airports |
53 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 10 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 43 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 13 under 914 m: 23 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 272 km; oil 1,354 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 814 km standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 9,170 km paved: 937 km unpaved: 8,233 km (2004) |
Waterways |
1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2007) |
Merchant marine |
registered in other countries: 2 (Cambodia 1, Panama 1) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Gamba, Libreville, Lucinda, Owendo, Port-Gentil |
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