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Morocco:
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Other pages in this profile of Morocco:
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 1.266 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 36.9 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 20.029 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 583.2 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: modern system with all important capabilities; however, density is low with only 4 fixed lines available for each 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership is approaching 50 per 100 persons domestic: good system composed of open-wire lines, cables, and microwave radio relay links; Internet available but expensive; principal switching centers are Casablanca and Rabat; national network nearly 100% digital using fiber-optic links; improved rural service employs microwave radio relay international: country code - 212; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides connectivity to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Gibraltar, Spain, and Western Sahara; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria; participant in Medarabtel; fiber-optic cable link from Agadir to Algeria and Tunisia |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 27, FM 25, shortwave 6 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995) |
Internet country code |
Definition .ma |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 137,187 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 4 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 6.1 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 177.6 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 60 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 27 over 3,047 m: 11 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 2 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 33 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 9 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 11 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition gas 720 km; oil 439 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 1,907 km standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified) (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 57,626 km paved: 35,665 km (includes 639 km of expressways) unpaved: 21,961 km (2005) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 33 ships (1000 GRT or over) 326,342 GRT/230,546 DWT by type: cargo 3, chemical tanker 6, container 7, passenger/cargo 12, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 4 foreign-owned: 15 (France 14, Germany 1) registered in other countries: 4 (Gibraltar 4) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Agadir, Casablanca, Mohammedia, Safi |
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