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Peru:
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Other pages in this profile of Peru:
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 2.332 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 79.9 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 15.417 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 528.3 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: adequate for most requirements domestic: fixed-line teledensity is only about 8 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity, spurred by competition among multiple providers, has increased to about 30 telephones per 100 persons; nationwide microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations international: country code - 51; the South America-1 (SAM-1) and Pan American (PAN-AM) submarine cable systems provide links to parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997) |
Internet country code |
Definition .pe |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 270,193 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 9.3 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 6.1 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 209 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 237 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 54 over 3,047 m: 6 2,438 to 3,047 m: 20 1,524 to 2,437 m: 14 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 3 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 183 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 24 914 to 1,523 m: 40 under 914 m: 117 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition gas 1,181 km; gas/liquid petroleum gas 61 km; liquid natural gas 106 km; liquid petroleum gas 517 km; oil 1,749 km; refined products 13 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 1,989 km standard gauge: 1,726 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 263 km 0.914-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 78,829 km paved: 11,351 km (includes 276 km of expressways) unpaved: 67,478 km (2004) |
Waterways |
Definition 8,808 km note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lago Titicaca (2007) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 6 ships (1000 GRT or over) 76,220 GRT/119,615 DWT by type: cargo 3, petroleum tanker 3 foreign-owned: 1 (Bahamas 1) registered in other countries: 18 (Belize 1, Panama 17) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Paita, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note - Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries |
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