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Turkmenistan:
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Other pages in this profile of Turkmenistan:
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 495,000 (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 95.6 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 216,900 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 41.9 (2006) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: poorly developed domestic: Turkmentelekom, in cooperation with foreign investors, is planning to upgrade the country's telephone exchanges and install a new digital switching system; mobile-cellular useage remains limited international: country code - 993; linked by cable and microwave radio relay to other CIS republics and to other countries by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; a new telephone link from Ashgabat to Iran has been established; a new exchange in Ashgabat switches international traffic through Turkey via Intelsat; satellite earth stations - 1 Orbita and 1 Intelsat (2006) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 16, FM 8, shortwave 2 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 4 (government-owned and programmed) (2004) |
Internet country code |
Definition .tm |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 97 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map nearly 0 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 64,800 (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 12.5 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 28 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 22 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 11 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 under 914 m: 4 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition gas 6,441 km; oil 1,361 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 2,440 km broad gauge: 2,440 km 1.520-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 24,000 km paved: 19,488 km unpaved: 4,512 km (1999) |
Waterways |
Definition 1,300 km (Amu Darya and Kara Kum canal important inland waterways) (2006) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 7 ships (1000 GRT or over) 20,257 GRT/22,456 DWT by type: cargo 4, petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1 (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Turkmenbasy |
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