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Other pages in this profile of Slovakia:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
1.167 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
4.893 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: Slovakia has a modern telecommunications system that has expanded dramatically in recent years with the growth in cellular services domestic: analog system is now receiving digital equipment and is being enlarged with fiber-optic cable, especially in the larger cities; 3 companies provide nationwide cellular services international: country code - 421; 3 international exchanges (1 in Bratislava and 2 in Banska Bystrica) are available; Slovakia is participating in several international telecommunications projects that will increase the availability of external services (2006) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 15, FM 78, shortwave 2 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
80 (national broadcasting 6, regional 7, local 67) (2004) |
Internet country code |
.sk |
Internet hosts |
821,816 (2007) |
Internet users |
2.256 million (2006) |
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Airports |
35 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 20 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 10 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 15 914 to 1,523 m: 8 under 914 m: 7 (2007) |
Heliports |
1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 6,769 km; oil 416 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 3,662 km broad gauge: 100 km 1.520-m gauge standard gauge: 3,512 km 1.435-m gauge (1,588 km electrified) narrow gauge: 50 km (1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge) (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 42,993 km paved: 37,533 km (includes 316 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,460 km (2004) |
Waterways |
172 km (on Danube River) (2005) |
Merchant marine |
total: 54 ships (1000 GRT or over) 260,766 GRT/361,651 DWT by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 45, refrigerated cargo 3 foreign-owned: 46 (Bulgaria 7, Estonia 2, Greece 4, Israel 6, Italy 1, Poland 2, Syria 2, Turkey 11, Ukraine 10, UK 1) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Bratislava, Komarno |
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