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Faroe Islands
Foroyar
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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24,851 (1999) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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10,761 (1999) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: good international communications; good domestic facilities
domestic: digitalization was completed in 1998; both NMT (analog) and GSM (digital) mobile telephone systems are installed international: satellite earth stations - 1 Orion; 1 fiber-optic submarine cable to the Shetland Islands, linking the Faroe Islands with Denmark and Iceland; fiber-optic submarine cable connection to Canada-Europe cable |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 1, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998) |
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Radios:
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26,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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3 (plus 43 low-power repeaters) (September 1995) |
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Televisions:
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15,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.fo |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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2 (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: 463 km
paved: 454 km unpaved: 9 km (1999) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Ports and harbors:
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Torshavn, Klaksvik, Tvoroyri, Runavik, Fuglafjordhur |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 100,951 GRT/139,396 DWT
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Denmark 3, Norway 1, United Kingdom 1 (2002 est.) ships by type: cargo 2, petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger 1 |
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Airports:
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1 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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no regular indigenous military forces; small Police Force and Coast Guard are maintained |
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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% |
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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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Faroese are considering proposals for full independence; Denmark dispute with Iceland over the Faroe Islands fisheries median line boundary of 200 NM; Denmark disputes with Iceland, the UK, and Ireland over the Faroe Islands continental shelf boundary outside 200 NM |