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Communications of Tunisia

Telephones - main lines in use:1.268 million (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:7.339 million (2006)
Telephone system:general assessment: above the African average and continuing to be upgraded; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis; Internet access available
domestic: trunk facilities consist of open-wire lines, coaxial cable, and microwave radio relay
international: country code - 216; 5 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya; participant in Medarabtel; 2 international gateway digital switches
Radio broadcast stations:AM 7, FM 20, shortwave 2 (1998)
Radios:2.06 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions:920,000 (1997)
Internet country code:.tn
Internet hosts:428 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):1 (2000)
Internet users:953,800 (2005)

Tunisia Quickstats

  • Population: 10,276,158 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 163,610 sq km
  • Density: 62 /km² (133rd (2005))
  • GDP (total): $ 86.67 billion (63rd)
  • GDP (per capita): $8,255 (71st)
  • Literacy: 74.3%

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  • Currency: Tunisian dinar (TND)
  • Dial code: +216

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