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Other pages in this profile of Syria:
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 3.243 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 164.2 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 6.7 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 339.3 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: fair system currently undergoing significant improvement and digital upgrades, including fiber-optic technology domestic: the number of fixed-line connections has increased markedly since 2000; mobile-cellular service growing rapidly and teledensity has reached 25 wireless telephones per 100 persons; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay network international: country code - 963; submarine cable connection to Cyprus; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey; participant in Medarabtel |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 14, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 44 (plus 17 repeaters) (1995) |
Internet country code |
Definition .sy |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 119 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map nearly 0 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 1.5 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 76 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 90 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 26 over 3,047 m: 6 2,438 to 3,047 m: 15 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 2 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 64 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 52 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 7 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition gas 2,794 km; oil 2,000 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 2,711 km standard gauge: 2,460 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 94,890 km paved: 19,073 km unpaved: 75,817 km (2004) |
Waterways |
Definition 900 km (not economically significant) (2005) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 87 ships (1000 GRT or over) 329,579 GRT/475,102 DWT by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 74, carrier 4, container 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1 foreign-owned: 9 (Jordan 2, Lebanon 4, Romania 3) registered in other countries: 170 (Barbados 1, Bolivia 2, Cambodia 33, Comoros 5, Cyprus 2, Dominica 2, Georgia 51, Hong Kong 1, Lebanon 2, Libya 2, Malta 5, Mongolia 1, North Korea 2, Panama 25, Sierra Leone 13, Slovakia 2, St Kitts and Nevis 6, St Vincent and the Grenadines 11, unknown 4) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Latakia, Tartus |
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