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Communications Gambia, The
Telephones - main lines in use:
38,400 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
100,000 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: adequate; a packet switched data network is available
domestic: adequate network of microwave radio relay and open-wire
international: country code - 220; microwave radio relay links to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001)
Radios:
196,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (government-owned) (1997)
Televisions:
5,000 (2000)
Internet country code:
.gm
Internet hosts:
568 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2001)
Internet users:
25,000 (2002)

 

Transportation Gambia, The
Highways:
total: 2,700 km
paved: 956 km
unpaved: 1,744 km (1999)
Waterways:
390 km (on River Gambia; small ocean-going vessels can reach 190 km) (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Banjul
Merchant marine:
total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,976 GRT/10,978 DWT
by type: passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 1 (Switzerland 1) (2005)
Airports:
1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2004 est.)

 

 

 

Source: CIA fact book

 

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