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Other pages in this profile of the Netherlands:
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 7.6 million (2005) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 456.6 (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 15.834 million (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 951.3 (2005) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: highly developed and well maintained domestic: extensive fixed-line fiber-optic network; cellular telephone system is one of the largest in Europe with 5 major network operators utilizing the third generation of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) international: country code - 31; submarine cables provide links to the US and Europe; satellite earth stations - 5 (3 Intelsat - 1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean, 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (2004) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 4, FM 246, shortwave 3 (2004) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 21 (plus 26 repeaters) (1995) |
Internet country code |
Definition .nl |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 11.17 million (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 671.1 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 14.544 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 873.8 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 27 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 20 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 2 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 4 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition condensate 81 km; gas 7,394 km; oil 578 km; refined products 716 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 2,797 km standard gauge: 2,797 km 1.435-m gauge (2,064 km electrified) (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 134,981 km (includes 2,604 km of expressways) (2006) |
Waterways |
Definition 6,211 km (navigable for ships of 50 tons) (2006) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 601 ships (1000 GRT or over) 5,408,154 GRT/5,526,611 DWT by type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 371, carrier 19, chemical tanker 42, container 67, liquefied gas 15, passenger 14, passenger/cargo 15, petroleum tanker 11, refrigerated cargo 10, roll on/roll off 23, specialized tanker 4 foreign-owned: 188 (Belgium 2, Canada 1, Denmark 27, Finland 14, France 1, Germany 72, Ireland 11, Italy 1, Norway 9, South Korea 1, Sweden 27, Turkey 1, UAE 5, UK 3, US 13) registered in other countries: 239 (Antigua and Barbuda 21, Australia 2, Austria 2, Bahamas 21, Cambodia 1, Canada 1, Cook Islands 1, Cyprus 21, Germany 1, Gibraltar 18, Isle of Man 1, Liberia 35, Luxembourg 2, Malta 3, Marshall Islands 8, Netherlands Antilles 57, Norway 1, Panama 12, Paraguay 1, Philippines 23, Portugal 1, St Vincent and the Grenadines 4, US 1, unknown 1) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Vlissingen |
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