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Communications of Venezuela

Telephones - main lines in use: 4.216 million (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 12.496 million (2005)
Telephone system: general assessment: modern and expanding
domestic: domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations; recent substantial improvement in telephone service in rural areas; substantial increase in digitalization of exchanges and trunk lines; installation of a national interurban fiber-optic network capable of digital multimedia services
international: country code - 58; 3 submarine coaxial cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 PanAmSat; participating with Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia in the construction of an international fiber-optic network
Radio broadcast stations: AM 201, FM NA (20 in Caracas), shortwave 11 (1998)
Radios: 10.75 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997)
Televisions: 4.1 million (1997)
Internet country code: .ve
Internet hosts: 51,968 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 16 (2000)
Internet users: 3.04 million (2005)

Venezuela Quickstats

  • Population: 26,023,528 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 912,050 sq km
  • Density: 30.2 /km² (173rd)
  • GDP (total): $176.4 billion (47th)
  • GDP (per capita): $7,166 (90th)
  • Literacy: 93%

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  • Currency: Bolívar (VEB)
  • Dial code: +58

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