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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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20,500 (1998) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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NA |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: adequate system
domestic: islandwide, fully automatic telephone system; VHF/UHF radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to the other islands of the Grenadines international: VHF/UHF radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to Barbados; new SHF radiotelephone to Grenada and to Saint Lucia; access to Intelsat earth station in Martinique through Saint Lucia |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998) |
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Radios:
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77,000 (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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1 (plus three repeaters) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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18,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.vc |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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15 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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3,500 (2001) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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0 km |
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Highways:
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total: 1,040 km
paved: 320 km unpaved: 720 km (1996) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Ports and harbors:
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Kingstown |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 769 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,365,887 GRT/9,665,937 DWT
ships by type: bulk 133, cargo 376, chemical tanker 21, combination bulk 7, container 58, liquefied gas 8, livestock carrier 4, multi-functional large-load carrier 2, passenger 5, petroleum tanker 43, refrigerated cargo 46, roll on/roll off 45, short-sea passenger 10, specialized tanker 10, vehicle carrier 1 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Albania 1, Anguilla 1, Argentina 1, Australia 2, The Bahamas 1, Bangladesh 1, Barbados 2, Belgium 4, Bulgaria 14, Canada 1, Cayman Islands 1, China 135, Colombia 1, Croatia 12, Cyprus 6, Denmark 16, Egypt 7, Estonia 6, France 27, Germany 12, Greece 156, Guyana 7, Hong Kong 23, Iceland 1, India 11, Indonesia 3, Israel 2, Italy 19, Japan 1, Kenya 4, Latvia 5, Lebanon 9, Liberia 5, Lithuania 1, Malta 1, Man, Isle of 1, Marshall Islands 3, Mexico 1, Monaco 6, Netherlands 14, Netherlands Antilles 1, Nigeria 3, Norway 33, Pakistan 5, Panama 2, Poland 2, Portugal 2, Puerto Rico 2, Russia 8, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Saudi Arabia 3, Singapore 4, Slovenia 7, South Korea 4, Spain 1, Sweden 6, Switzerland 10, Syria 2, Taiwan 1, Thailand 1, Trinidad and Tobago 1, Tunisia 1, Turkey 15, Ukraine 8, UAE 45, UK 16, US 25, Vietnam 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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6 (2002) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 2 (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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (includes Special Service Unit), 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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transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; small-scale cannabis cultivation |