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Department of Guadeloupe
Departement de la Guadeloupe
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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171,000 (1996) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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NA |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: domestic facilities inadequate
domestic: NA international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, and Martinique |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 1, FM 17, shortwave 0 (1998) |
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Radios:
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113,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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5 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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118,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.gp |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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3 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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4,000 (2000) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: NA km; privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines |
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Highways:
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total: 2,560 km
paved: 965 km unpaved: 1,595 km (1996) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Ports and harbors:
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Basse-Terre, Gustavia (on Saint Barthelemy), Marigot, Pointe-a-Pitre |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,240 GRT/109 DWT
ships by type: passenger 1 note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: France 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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9 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 8
over 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 5 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 1 1
under 914 m: 1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces, Gendarmerie |
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Military - note:
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defense is the responsibility of France |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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none |