Surinam |
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| INFRASTRUCTURE |
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| Telephones
- main lines in use |
64,000 (1997) |
| Telephones
- mobile cellular |
4,090 (1997) |
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM 4, FM 13, shortwave 1 (1998)
|
| Television
broadcast stations |
3 (plus seven repeaters) (2000) |
| Internet
country code |
.sr |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
2 (2000) |
| Internet
users |
14,500 (2002) |
| Railways |
total: 166 km (single-track)
standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge
note: Suriname railroads are not in operation (2001)
narrow gauge: 86 km 1.000-m gauge |
| Highways |
total: 4,492 km
paved: 1,168 km
unpaved: 3,324 km (2000) |
| Waterways |
1,200 km
note: most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels
with drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many of the principal
waterways |
| Ports
and harbors |
Albina, Moengo, New Nickerie,
Paramaribo, Paranam, Wageningen |
| Merchant
marine |
total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
2,421 GRT/2,990 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, container 1 (2002 est.) |
| Airports |
46 (2002) |
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