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Communications of Azerbaijan

Telephones - main lines in use:1.189 million (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:2.242 million (2005)
Telephone system:general assessment: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 14 main lines per 100 persons is low (2002)
domestic: the majority of telephones are in Baku and other industrial centers - about 700 villages still without public telephone service; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Naxcivan
international: country code - 994; the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; satellite earth stations - 2 (2005)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:175,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:2 (1997)
Televisions:170,000 (1997)
Internet country code:.az
Internet hosts:880 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):2 (2000)
Internet users:678,800 (2005)

Azerbaijan Quickstats

  • Population: 8,120,247 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 86,600 sq km
  • Density: 97 /km² (100th)
  • GDP (total): $38.71 billion (86th)
  • GDP (per capita): $6,171 (97th)
  • Literacy: 98.8%

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  • Currency: Manat (AZN)
  • Dial code: +994

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