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Greenland
Kalaallit Nunaat
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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25,617 (yearend 1999) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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12,676 (yearend 1999) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: adequate domestic and international service provided by satellite, cables and microwave radio relay; totally digitalized in 1995
domestic: microwave radio relay and satellite international: satellite earth stations - 12 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, 2 Americom GE-2 (all Atlantic Ocean) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 5, FM 12, shortwave 0 (1998) |
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Radios:
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30,000 (1998 est.) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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1 publicly-owned station, some local low-power stations, and three AFRTS (US Air Force) stations (1997) |
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Televisions:
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30,000 (1998 est.) |
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Internet country code:
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.gl |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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20,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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0 km |
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Highways:
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total: 150 km
paved: 60 km unpaved: 90 km |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Ports and harbors:
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Aasiaat (Egedesminde), Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), Kangerlussuaq, Nanortalik, Narsarsuaq, Nuuk (Godthab), Qaqortoq (Julianehab), Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg), Tasiilaq (March 2001) |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,289 GRT/1,500 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, passenger 1, includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Denmark 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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15 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 9
over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 5 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 2 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military - note:
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defense is the responsibility of Denmark |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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none |