Argentina |
|
| INFRASTRUCTURE |
| Telephones
- main lines in use |
7.5 million (1998)
|
| Telephones
- mobile cellular |
3 million (December 1999) |
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM 260 (including 10 inactive
stations), FM NA (probably more than 1,000, mostly unlicensed),
shortwave 6 (1998) |
| Television
broadcast stations |
42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)
|
| Internet
country code |
.ar |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
33 (2000) |
| Internet
users |
3.88 million (2001) |
| Railways |
total: 34,463 km (168 km electrified)
broad gauge: 20,736 km 1.676-m gauge (142 km electrified)
standard gauge: 3,115 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 10,375 km 1.000-m gauge; 237 km 0.750-m gauge
(2002) |
| Highways |
total: 215,471 km
paved: 63,348 km (including 734 km of expressways)
unpaved: 152,123 km (1999) |
| Waterways |
10,950 km |
| Ports
and harbors |
Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro
Rivadavia, Concepcion del Uruguay, La Plata, Mar del Plata,
Necochea, Rio Gallegos, Rosario, Santa Fe, Ushuaia |
| Merchant
marine |
total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or
over) 141,851 GRT/208,821 DWT
ships by type: cargo 9, petroleum tanker 8, railcar carrier
1, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger
1, specialized tanker 1, includes some foreign-owned ships registered
here as a flag of convenience: United Arab Emirates 1, Uruguay
1 (2002 est.) |
| Airports |
1,342 (2002) |
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