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Antigua and Barbuda
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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28,000 (1996) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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1,300 (1996) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: NA
domestic: good automatic telephone system international: 1 coaxial submarine cable; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); tropospheric scatter to Saba (Netherlands Antilles) and Guadeloupe |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 4, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998) |
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Radios:
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36,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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2 (1997) |
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Televisions:
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31,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.ag |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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16 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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5,000 (2001) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 77 km
narrow gauge: 64 km 0.760-m gauge; 13 km 0.610-m gauge (used almost exclusively for handling sugarcane) (2001 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 1,165 km
paved: 384 km unpaved: 781 km note: it is assumed that the main roads are paved; the secondary roads are assumed to be unpaved (1995) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Ports and harbors:
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Saint John's |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 762 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,541,940 GRT/5,894,553 DWT
ships by type: bulk 20, cargo 469, chemical tanker 9, combination bulk 4, container 202, liquefied gas 7, multi-functional large-load carrier 6, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll off 35 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Australia 1, Bangladesh 2, Belgium 3, Colombia 1, Cuba 1, Estonia 1, Germany 747, Greece 1, Iceland 8, Latvia 1, Lebanon 2, Lithuania 1, Netherlands 22, New Zealand 2, Portugal 1, Slovenia 6, South Africa 1, Sweden 2, United Kingdom 1, United States 7 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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3 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force, Royal Antigua and Barbuda Police Force (including the 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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none |
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Illicit drugs:
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considered a minor transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; more significant as an offshore financial center |