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Portugal:
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Other pages in this profile of Portugal:
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 4.231 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 396.3 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 12.226 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 1,145.1 (2006) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: Portugal's telephone system has achieved a state-of-the-art network with broadband, high-speed capabilities domestic: integrated network of coaxial cables, open-wire, microwave radio relay, and domestic satellite earth stations international: country code - 351; a combination of submarine cables provide connectivity to Europe, North and East Africa, South Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the US; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to Azores (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 47, FM 172 (many are repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 62 (plus 166 repeaters; includes Azores and Madeira Islands) (1995) |
Internet country code |
Definition .pt |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 836,616 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 78.4 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 3.213 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 300.9 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 66 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 44 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 13 under 914 m: 12 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 22 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 21 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition gas 1,098 km; oil 11 km; refined products 188 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 2,786 km broad gauge: 2,603 km 1.668-m gauge (1,351 km electrified) narrow gauge: 183 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 78,470 km paved: 67,484 km (includes 2,002 km of expressways) unpaved: 10,986 km (2004) |
Waterways |
Definition 210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2006) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 120 ships (1000 GRT or over) 932,464 GRT/1,042,623 DWT by type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 37, carrier 1, chemical tanker 17, container 6, liquefied gas 9, passenger 10, passenger/cargo 9, petroleum tanker 4, roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 15 foreign-owned: 84 (Bahamas 1, Belgium 8, Denmark 3, Germany 2, Germany 20, Greece 3, Italy 13, Japan 15, Mexico 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 2, Spain 10, Sweden 3, Switzerland 2) registered in other countries: 14 (Cyprus 1, Hong Kong 1, Malta 3, Panama 9) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines |
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