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Transport
and Information Communications Technology ( ICT) in Liberia
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Airports:
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53 (2005)
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Airports -
with paved runways in Liberia:
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total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2005) |
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Airports -
with unpaved runways in Liberia:
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total: 51
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 38 (2005) |
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Railways in
Liberia:
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total: 490 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge
note: none of the railways are in
operation because of the civil war (2004)
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Roadways in
Liberia:
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total: 10,600
km
paved: 657 km
unpaved: 9,943 km (1999) |
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Merchant
marine in Liberia:
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total: 1,533
ships (1000 GRT or over) 56,681,509 GRT/88,825,842
DWT
by type: barge carrier 9, bulk carrier
290, cargo 82, chemical tanker 189, combination
ore/oil 14, container 409, liquefied gas 75,
passenger 3, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker
355, refrigerated cargo 55, roll on/roll off 6,
specialized tanker 11, vehicle carrier 34
foreign-owned: 1,460 (Argentina 8,
Australia 2, Austria 14, The Bahamas 2, Bermuda
1, Brazil 4, Canada 4, Chile 1, China 35,
Croatia 6, Cyprus 6, Denmark 5, France 3,
Germany 510, Greece 229, Hong Kong 40, India 4,
Indonesia 1, Isle of Man 5, Israel 5, Italy 20,
Japan 100, Kuwait 1, Latvia 17, Lebanon 1,
Monaco 11, Netherlands 13, Norway 46, Poland 14,
Russia 65, Saudi Arabia 24, Singapore 16,
Slovenia 2, Sweden 8, Switzerland 7, Taiwan 68,
Thailand 1, Turkey 2, Ukraine 15, UAE 15, UK 49,
US 77, Uruguay 3) (2005) |
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Ports and
terminals:
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Buchanan, Monrovia
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Communication
Facilities
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Telephones -
main lines in use in Liberia:
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6,900 (2002)
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Telephones -
mobile cellular:
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47,300 (2003)
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Telephone
system of Liberia:
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general
assessment: the
limited services available are found almost
exclusively in the capital Monrovia
domestic: fully automatic system with
very low density of .21 fixed main lines per 100
persons; limited wireless service available
international: country code - 231;
satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean) |
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Radio
broadcast stations:
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AM 0, FM 7,
shortwave 2 (2001) |
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Radios:
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790,000 (1997)
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Television
broadcast stations:
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1 (plus four
low-power repeaters) (2001) |
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Televisions:
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70,000 (1997)
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Internet
country code:
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.lr |
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Internet
hosts:
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5 (2005)
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Internet
Service Providers (ISPs):
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2 (2001)
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Internet
users:
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1,000 (2002)
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