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Bolivia:
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Other pages in this profile of Bolivia:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 646,300 (2005) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 69.9 (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 3.254 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 351.9 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: privatization beginning in 1995; reliability has steadily improved; new subscribers face bureaucratic difficulties; most telephones are concentrated in La Paz and other cities; mobile-cellular telephone use expanding rapidly; fixed-line teledensity of 7 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density of 27 per 100 persons domestic: primary trunk system, which is being expanded, employs digital microwave radio relay; some areas are served by fiber-optic cable; mobile cellular systems are being expanded international: country code - 591; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77 (1999) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 48 (1997) |
Internet country code |
Definition .bo |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 24,363 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 2.6 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 580,000 (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 62.7 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 1,061 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 16 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 1,045 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 57 914 to 1,523 m: 183 under 914 m: 800 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition gas 4,860 km; liquid petroleum gas 47 km; oil 2,475 km; refined products 1,589 km; unknown (oil/water) 247 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 3,504 km narrow gauge: 3,504 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 62,479 km paved: 3,749 km unpaved: 58,730 km (2004) |
Waterways |
Definition 10,000 km (commercially navigable) (2007) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 25 ships (1000 GRT or over) 67,973 GRT/97,487 DWT by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 12, carrier 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 7, refrigerated cargo 1, specialized tanker 1 foreign-owned: 9 (Bahamas 1, China 1, Egypt 1, Iran 1, Italy 1, Singapore 1, Syria 2, Taiwan 1) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Puerto Aguirre (inland port on the Paraguay/Parana waterway at the Bolivia/Brazil border); Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay |
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