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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 |
4.217 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
18.79 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
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 international: country code - 58; 3 submarine coaxial cables; 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 |
AM 201, FM NA (20 in Caracas), shortwave 11 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997) |
Internet country code |
.ve |
Internet hosts |
126,500 (2007) |
Internet users |
4.14 million (2006) |
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Airports |
390 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
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 |
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 |
2 (2007) |
Pipelines |
extra heavy crude oil 992 km; gas 5,369 km; oil 7,607 km; refined products 1,681 km; unknown (oil/water) 141 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 682 km standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 96,155 km paved: 32,308 km unpaved: 63,847 km (1999) |
Waterways |
7,100 km note: Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels (2005) |
Merchant marine |
total: 59 ships (1000 GRT or over) 808,721 GRT/1,285,783 DWT by type: bulk carrier 7, cargo 14, chemical tanker 3, container 1, liquefied gas 6, passenger/cargo 10, petroleum tanker 17, refrigerated cargo 1 foreign-owned: 12 (Denmark 3, Greece 3, Mexico 3, Panama 1, Russia 1, Spain 1) registered in other countries: 11 (Bahamas 1, Panama 10) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Amuay, La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon |
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