Bolivia |
|
| INFRASTRUCTURE |
| Telephones
- main lines in use |
327,600
(1996) |
| Telephones
- mobile cellular |
116,000 (1997)
|
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM 171, FM
73, shortwave 77 (1999) |
| Television
broadcast stations |
48 (1997)
|
| Internet
country code |
.bo |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
9 (2000)
|
| Internet
users |
78,000 (2000)
|
| Railways |
total: 3,519
km
narrow gauge: 3,519 km 1.000-m gauge (2002) |
| Highways |
total: 53,790
km
paved: 3,496 km (including 13 km of expressways)
unpaved: 50,294 km (2000 est.) |
| Waterways |
10,000 km
(commercially navigable) |
| Ports
and harbors |
Puerto Aguirre
(on the Paraguay/Parana waterway, at the Bolivia/Brazil border);
also, Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay |
| Merchant
marine |
total: 53
ships (1,000 GRT or over) 347,535 GRT/591,113 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 25, chemical tanker 4, container
4, livestock carrier 1, petroleum tanker 12, roll on/roll
off 1, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as
a flag of Belize 2, China 2, Cuba 1, Cyprus 1, Egypt 1, Honduras
1, Latvia 2, Liberia 2, Panama 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1, Saudi Arabia 1, Singapore 1, South Korea 3, Switzerland
1, Ukraine 1, UAE 5, US 1 (2002 est.) |
| Airports |
1,081 (2002)
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