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Other pages in this profile of South Africa:
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 4.729 million (2005) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 108 (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 42.3 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 966.1 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: the system is the best developed and most modern in Africa domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 100 telephones per 100 persons; consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay links, fiber-optic cable, radiotelephone communication stations, and wireless local loops; key centers are Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and Pretoria international: country code - 27; the SAT-3/WASC and SAFE fiber optic cable systems connect in South Africa providing connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 556 (plus 144 network repeaters) (1997) |
Internet country code |
Definition .za |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 1.088 million (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 24.8 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 5.1 million (2005) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 116.5 (2005) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 728 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 146 over 3,047 m: 10 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 51 914 to 1,523 m: 67 under 914 m: 13 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 582 1,524 to 2,437 m: 34 914 to 1,523 m: 300 under 914 m: 248 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition condensate 100 km; gas 1,177 km; oil 992 km; refined products 1,379 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 20,872 km narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (8,931 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 362,099 km paved: 73,506 km (includes 239 km of expressways) unpaved: 288,593 km (2002) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 1 ship (1000 GRT or over) 27,103 GRT/29,651 DWT by type: container 1 foreign-owned: 1 (Denmark 1) registered in other countries: 8 (Bahamas 1, NZ 1, Seychelles 1, St Vincent and the Grenadines 1, UK 4) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay |
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