Peru |
|
| INFRASTRUCTURE |
| |
| Telephones
- main lines in use |
1.8
million (2000) |
| Telephones
- mobile cellular |
504,995 (1998)
|
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM 472, FM
198, shortwave 189 (1999) |
| Television
broadcast stations |
13 (plus
112 repeaters) (1997) |
| Internet
country code |
.pe |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
10 (2000)
|
| Internet
users |
3 million
(2002) |
| Railways |
total: 1,829
km
standard gauge: 1,515 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 314 km 0.914-m gauge (2002) |
| Highways |
total: 72,900
km
paved: 9,331 km
unpaved: 63,569 km (1999 est.) |
| Waterways |
8,808 km
note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and
208 km of Lago Titicaca |
| Ports
and harbors |
Callao, Chimbote,
Ilo, Matarani, Paita, Puerto Maldonado, Salaverry, San Martin,
Talara, Iquitos, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas
note: Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are all on the upper
reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries |
| Merchant
marine |
total: 5
ships (1,000 GRT or over) 29,470 GRT/45,451 DWT
note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag
of convenience: US 1 (2002 est.)
ships by type: cargo 4, petroleum tanker 1 |
| Airports |
233 (2002)
|
|
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