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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.391 million (1998) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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116,645 (1998) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern system with all important capabilities; however density is low with only 4.6 main lines available for each 100 persons
domestic: good system composed of open-wire lines, cables, and microwave radio relay links; Internet available but expensive; principal switching centers are Casablanca and Rabat; national network nearly 100% digital using fiber-optic links; improved rural service employs microwave radio relay international: 7 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Gibraltar, Spain, and Western Sahara; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria; participant in Medarabtel; fiber-optic cable link from Agadir to Algeria and Tunisia (1998) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 27, FM 25, shortwave 6 (1998) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995) |
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Internet country code:
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.ma |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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8 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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400,000 (2002) |
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Railways:
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total: 1,907 km
standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified) (2002) |
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Highways:
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total: 57,707 km
paved: 32,547 km (including 481 km of expressways) unpaved: 25,160 km (2000) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Pipelines:
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gas 695 km; oil 285 km (2003) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Agadir, El Jadida, Casablanca, El Jorf Lasfar, Kenitra, Mohammedia, Nador, Rabat, Safi, Tangier; also Spanish-controlled Ceuta and Melilla |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 39 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 247,591 GRT/268,356 DWT
ships by type: cargo 8, chemical tanker 7, container 6, petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 7, roll on/roll off 7, short-sea passenger 2 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 1, Hong Kong 1, Netherlands 2, Norway 2 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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63 (2002) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 26
over 3,047 m: 11 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 37
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 11 under 914 m: 11 (2002) 914 to 1,523 m: 14 |
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Heliports:
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1 (2002) |
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