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Telephones - main lines in use:
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24,000 (2002) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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113,200 (2003) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment:
marginal telephone and telegraph service
domestic: the national microwave radio relay trunk system
connects Freetown to Bo and Kenema
international: country code - 232; satellite earth station -
1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 1, FM 9, shortwave 1 (1999)
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Radios:
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1.12 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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2 (1999) |
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Televisions:
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53,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.sl |
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Internet hosts:
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20 (2006) |
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Internet Service Providers
(ISPs):
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1 (2001) |
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Internet users:
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10,000 (2005) |
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Airports:
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10 (2006) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2006) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 2 (2006) |
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Heliports:
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2 (2006) |
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Roadways:
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total: 11,300 km
paved: 904 km
unpaved: 10,396 km (2002) |
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Waterways:
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800 km (600 km year round) (2005)
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Merchant marine:
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total: 54 ships (1000 GRT or
over) 185,037 GRT/249,996 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 36, chemical tanker 3,
combination ore/oil 3, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 1,
passenger 1, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off
2
foreign-owned: 14 (China 2, Cyprus 1, Egypt 1, Russia 1,
Syria 1, UAE 3, Ukraine 4, US 1) (2006) |
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Ports and terminals:
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Freetown, Pepel, Sherbro Islands
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Military of
Sierra Leone