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Venezuela:
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Other pages in this profile of Venezuela:
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 4.217 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 159.6 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 23.82 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 901.8 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: modern and expanding domestic: domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations; recent substantial improvement in telephone service in rural areas; substantial increase in digitalization of exchanges and trunk lines; installation of a national interurban fiber-optic network capable of digital multimedia services; fixed-line teledensity is 16 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership jumped 50 percent in 2006 international: country code - 58; submarine cable systems provide connectivity to the Caribbean, Central and South America, and US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 PanAmSat; participating with Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia in the construction of an international fiber-optic network |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 201, FM NA (20 in Caracas), shortwave 11 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997) |
Internet country code |
Definition .ve |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 126,500 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 4.8 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 4.14 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 156.7 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 390 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 128 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 10 1,524 to 2,437 m: 34 914 to 1,523 m: 61 under 914 m: 18 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 262 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 15 914 to 1,523 m: 97 under 914 m: 149 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 2 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition extra heavy crude oil 992 km; gas 5,400 km; oil 7,607 km; refined products 1,650 km; unknown (oil/water) 141 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 682 km standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 96,155 km paved: 32,308 km unpaved: 63,847 km (1999) |
Waterways |
Definition 7,100 km note: Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels (2005) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 62 ships (1000 GRT or over) 815,971 GRT/1,294,171 DWT by type: bulk carrier 8, cargo 16, chemical tanker 3, container 1, liquefied gas 5, passenger/cargo 10, petroleum tanker 17, refrigerated cargo 2 foreign-owned: 11 (Chile 1, Denmark 1, Greece 3, Mexico 4, Panama 1, Spain 1) registered in other countries: 11 (Bahamas 1, Panama 10) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon |
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