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Telephones - main lines in use:
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654,000 (1997) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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50,000 (1998) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: above the African average and continuing to be upgraded; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis; Internet access available
domestic: trunk facilities consist of open-wire lines, coaxial cable, and microwave radio relay international: 5 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya; participant in Medarabtel; two international gateway digital switches |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 7, FM 20, shortwave 2 (1998) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995) |
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Internet country code:
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.tn |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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400,000 (2002) |
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Railways:
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total: 2,152 km
standard gauge: 468 km 1.435-m gauge dual gauge: 10 km 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (three rails) (2002) narrow gauge: 1,674 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) |
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Highways:
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total: 18,997 km
paved: 12,310 km (including 142 km of expressways) unpaved: 6,687 km (2000) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Pipelines:
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gas 3,059 km; oil 1,203 km; refined products 345 km (2003) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis, Zarzis |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 139,990 GRT/148,394 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 3, chemical tanker 3, liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker 1, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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30 (2002) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 14
over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 16
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 7 (2002) |
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