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Other pages in this profile of Ghana:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
356,400 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
5.207 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: fixed-line infrastructure outdated and unreliable; competition among multiple mobile-cellular providers has spurred growth with subscribership approaching 25 per 100 persons domestic: primarily microwave radio relay; wireless local loop has been installed international: country code - 233; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay link to Panaftel system connects Ghana to its neighbors |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 0, FM 49, shortwave 3 (2001) |
Television broadcast stations |
10 (2001) |
Internet country code |
.gh |
Internet hosts |
2,899 (2007) |
Internet users |
609,800 (2006) |
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Airports |
12 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 7 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 2 (2007) |
Pipelines |
oil 13 km; refined products 316 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 953 km narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 42,623 km paved: 3,267 km unpaved: 39,356 km (2004) |
Waterways |
1,293 km note: 168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta (2007) |
Merchant marine |
total: 3 ships (1000 GRT or over) 5,032 GRT/7,282 DWT by type: petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 2 foreign-owned: 1 (Brazil 1) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Takoradi, Tema |
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