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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 |
2.903 million (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
4.675 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: fair system currently undergoing significant improvement and digital upgrades, including fiber-optic technology domestic: coaxial cable and microwave radio relay network international: country code - 963; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); 1 submarine cable; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey; participant in Medarabtel |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 14, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
44 (plus 17 repeaters) (1995) |
Internet country code |
.sy |
Internet hosts |
119 (2007) |
Internet users |
1.5 million (2006) |
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Airports |
90 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
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 |
total: 64 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 52 (2007) |
Heliports |
7 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 2,764 km; oil 2,000 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 2,711 km standard gauge: 2,460 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 94,890 km paved: 19,073 km unpaved: 75,817 km (2004) |
Waterways |
900 km (not economically significant) (2005) |
Merchant marine |
total: 96 ships (1000 GRT or over) 353,351 GRT/512,597 DWT by type: bulk carrier 7, cargo 82, container 1, livestock carrier 4, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1 foreign-owned: 10 (Jordan 2, Lebanon 4, Romania 4) registered in other countries: 164 (Bolivia 1, Cambodia 32, Comoros 8, Cyprus 2, Dominica 2, Georgia 54, Hong Kong 1, North Korea 7, Lebanon 1, Libya 1, Malta 4, Mongolia 1, Panama 24, Sierra Leone 8, Slovakia 2, St Kitts and Nevis 5, St Vincent and The Grenadines 11, unknown 2) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Baniyas, Latakia |
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