Venezuela |
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| INFRASTRUCTURE |
| |
| Telephones
- main lines in use |
2.6
million (however, 3,500,000 have been installed) (1998) |
| Telephones
- mobile cellular |
2 million
(1998) |
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM 201, FM
NA (20 in Caracas), shortwave 11 (1998) |
| Television
broadcast stations |
66 (plus
45 repeaters) (1997) |
| Internet
country code |
.ve |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
16 (2000) |
| Internet
users |
1.3 million
(2002) |
| Railways |
total: 682
km
standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge (2002) |
| Highways |
total: 96,155
km
paved: 32,308 km
unpaved: 63,847 km (1999 est.) |
| Waterways |
7,100 km
note: Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing
vessels |
| Ports
and harbors |
Amuay, Bajo
Grande, El Tablazo, La Guaira, La Salina, Maracaibo, Matanzas,
Palua, Puerto Cabello, Puerto la Cruz, Puerto Ordaz, Puerto
Sucre, Punta Cardon |
| Merchant
marine |
total: 47
ships (1,000 GRT or over) 714,073 GRT/1,256,667 DWT
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as
a flag of convenience: Denmark 1, Greece 1, Italy 1, UK 1,
US 2 (2002 est.)
ships by type: bulk 6, cargo 8, chemical tanker 1, container
1, liquefied gas 4, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 15,
roll on/roll off 10, short-sea passenger 1 |
| Airports |
373 (2002)
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