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Saudi Arabia:
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Other pages in this profile of Saudi Arabia:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
4.5 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
19.663 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: modern system domestic: extensive microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and fiber-optic cable systems international: country code - 966; microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan; submarine cable to Djibouti, Egypt and Bahrain; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
117 (1997) |
Internet country code |
.sa |
Internet hosts |
18,369 (2007) |
Internet users |
4.7 million (2006) |
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Airports |
213 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 77 over 3,047 m: 32 2,438 to 3,047 m: 15 1,524 to 2,437 m: 26 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 2 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 136 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 73 914 to 1,523 m: 39 under 914 m: 15 (2007) |
Heliports |
8 (2007) |
Pipelines |
condensate 212 km; gas 1,880 km; liquid petroleum gas 1,183 km; oil 4,531 km; refined products 1,150 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 1,392 km standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 152,044 km paved: 45,461 km unpaved: 106,583 km (2000) |
Merchant marine |
total: 59 ships (1000 GRT or over) 847,094 GRT/1,059,026 DWT by type: cargo 5, chemical tanker 15, container 4, passenger/cargo 8, petroleum tanker 16, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 8 foreign-owned: 10 (Egypt 1, Greece 2, Kuwait 6, UAE 1) registered in other countries: 63 (Bahamas 15, Comoros 1, Dominica 1, France 1, Liberia 24, Marshall Islands 4, Norway 3, Panama 14) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Jiddah, Yanbu' al Sinaiyah |
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