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Other pages in this profile of Saudi Arabia:
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 4.5 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 159.8 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 28.381 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 1,007.8 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: modern system domestic: extensive microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and fiber-optic cable systems; mobile-cellular subscribership has been increasing rapidly international: country code - 966; landing point for the international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) and for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks providing connectivity to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and US; microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 117 (1997) |
Internet country code |
Definition .sa |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 18,369 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 0.7 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 4.7 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 166.9 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 213 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 77 over 3,047 m: 32 2,438 to 3,047 m: 15 1,524 to 2,437 m: 26 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 2 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 136 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 73 914 to 1,523 m: 39 under 914 m: 15 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 8 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition condensate 212 km; gas 1,880 km; liquid petroleum gas 1,183 km; oil 4,521 km; refined products 1,148 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 1,392 km standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 167,600 km paved: 46,500 km unpaved: 121,100 km (2006) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 61 ships (1000 GRT or over) 851,790 GRT/1,077,227 DWT by type: cargo 5, chemical tanker 14, container 4, passenger/cargo 8, petroleum tanker 19, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 8 foreign-owned: 11 (Egypt 1, Greece 3, Kuwait 6, UAE 1) registered in other countries: 71 (Bahamas 16, Comoros 1, Dominica 3, France 1, Liberia 26, Marshall Islands 5, Norway 3, Panama 16) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Jiddah, Yanbu' al Sinaiyah |
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