Lebanon |
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| INFRASTRUCTURE |
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| Telephones
- main lines in use |
700,000 (1999) |
| Telephones
- mobile cellular |
580,000 (1999) |
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM 20, FM 22, shortwave 4 (1998)
|
| Television
broadcast stations |
15 (plus 5 repeaters) (1995) |
| Internet
country code |
.lb |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
22 (2000) |
| Internet
users |
300,000 (2001) |
| Railways |
total: 401 km
standard gauge: 319 km 1.435-m
note: rail system is unusable because of damage in civil war
(2002)
narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050-m |
| Highways |
total: 7,300 km
paved: 6,198 km
unpaved: 1,102 km (1999 est.) |
| Waterways |
none |
| Ports
and harbors |
Antilyas, Batroun, Beirut, Chekka,
El Mina, Ez Zahrani, Jbail, Jounie, Naqoura, Sidon, Tripoli,
Tyre |
| Merchant
marine |
total: 56
ships (1,000 GRT or over) 230,142 GRT/306,442 DWT
ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 28, chemical tanker 1, combination
bulk 1, container 4, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 9,
roll on/roll off 4, vehicle carrier 3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as
a flag of convenience: France 1, Greece 10, Netherlands 4,
Panama 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2, Spain 1, Syria
2 (2002 est.) |
| Airports |
8 (2002)
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