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Nigeria:
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Other pages in this profile of Nigeria:
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 1.688 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 12.2 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 40.395 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 292.1 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: further expansion and modernization of the fixed-line telephone network is needed domestic: the addition of a second fixed-line provider in 2002 resulted in faster growth of this service with fixed-line subscribership nearly tripling over the past five years; wireless telephony has grown rapidly, in part responding to the shortcomings of the fixed-line network; multiple service providers operate nationally; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity reached 25 per 100 persons in 2006 international: country code - 234; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 3 (the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations) (2001) |
Internet country code |
Definition .ng |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 1,968 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map nearly 0 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 8 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 57.9 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 70 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 36 over 3,047 m: 6 2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 2 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 34 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 19 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 2 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition condensate 124 km; gas 3,071 km; liquid petroleum gas 156 km; oil 4,347 km; refined products 3,949 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 3,505 km narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 193,200 km paved: 28,980 km unpaved: 164,220 km (2004) |
Waterways |
Definition 8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2007) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 63 ships (1000 GRT or over) 333,536 GRT/560,827 DWT by type: chemical tanker 9, combination ore/oil 1, liquefied gas 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 43, specialized tanker 2, cargo 5 foreign-owned: 4 (Hong Kong 2, Norway 1, Spain 1) registered in other countries: 34 (Bahamas 2, Bermuda 11, Cambodia 2, Cook Islands 1, Liberia 2, Panama 11, Poland 1, Seychelles 1, Sierra Leone 1, unknown 2) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Bonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos |
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