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Latvia:
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Other pages in this profile of Latvia:
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 657,400 (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 292.8 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 2.184 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 972.6 (2006) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: recent efforts focused on bringing competition to the telecommunications sector; the number of fixed lines is decreasing as wireless telephony expands domestic: number of telecommunications operators has grown rapidly since the fixed-line market opened to competition in 2003; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership is roughly 125 per 100 persons international: country code - 371; the Latvian network is now connected via fiber optic cable to Estonia, Finland, and Sweden |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995) |
Internet country code |
Definition .lv |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 234,014 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 104.2 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 1.071 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 477 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 42 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 21 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 9 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 21 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 20 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition gas 948 km; oil 82 km; refined products 415 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 2,303 km broad gauge: 2,270 km 1.520-m gauge (257 km electrified) narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 69,829 km paved: 69,829 km (2005) |
Waterways |
Definition 300 km (2006) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 22 ships (1000 GRT or over) 208,453 GRT/220,258 DWT by type: cargo 9, chemical tanker 2, liquefied gas 2, passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 2 foreign-owned: 1 (Estonia 1) registered in other countries: 126 (Albania 1, Antigua and Barbuda 13, Belize 12, Cambodia 1, Cyprus 1, Dominica 2, Jamaica 2, Liberia 23, Malta 24, Marshall Islands 15, Panama 8, Russia 2, St Kitts and Nevis 5, St Vincent and the Grenadines 17) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Riga, Ventspils |
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