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Saint Lucia
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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37,000 (1997) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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1,600 (1997) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: adequate system
domestic: system is automatically switched international: direct microwave radio relay link with Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; tropospheric scatter to Barbados; international calls beyond these countries are carried by Intelsat from Martinique |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 2, FM 7 (plus 3 repeaters), shortwave 0 (1998) |
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Radios:
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111,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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3 (of which two are commercial stations and one is a community antenna television or CATV channel) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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32,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.lc |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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15 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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3,000 (2000) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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0 km |
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Highways:
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total: 1,210 km
paved: 63 km unpaved: 1,147 km (1996) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Ports and harbors:
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Castries, Vieux Fort |
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Merchant marine:
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none (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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2 (2002) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit and Coast Guard) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$NA |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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$NA |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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protests Venezuela's claim to give full effect to Aves Island, which creates a Venezuelan EEZ/continental shelf extending over a large portion of the Caribbean Sea |
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Illicit drugs:
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transit point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe |