prus: 86,228 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
Republic of Cyprus: 417,900 (2002); north Cyprus: 143,178 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: excellent in both Republic of Cyprus and north
Cyprus areas
domestic: open-wire, fiber-optic cable, and microwave radio relay
international: country code - 357; tropospheric scatter; 3 coaxial
and 5 fiber-optic submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3
Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 2 Eutelsat, 2
Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations:
Republic of Cyprus: AM 7, FM 60, shortwave 1 (1998); north Cyprus:
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:
Greek Cypriot area: 310,000 (1997); Turkish Cypriot area: 56,450
(1994)

Television broadcast stations:
Republic of Cyprus: 4 (plus 225 low-power repeaters) (September
1995); north Cyprus: 4 (plus 5 repeaters) (September 1995)

Televisions:
Greek Cypriot area: 248,000 (1997); Turkish Cypriot area: 52,300
(1994)

Internet country code:
.cy

Internet hosts:
5,901 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
6 (2000)

Internet users:
210,000 (2002)

Transportation Cyprus

Highways:
total: 13,943 km (Republic of Cyprus: 11,593 km; north Cyprus:
2,350 km)
paved: Republic of Cyprus: 7,211 km; north Cyprus: 1,370 km
unpaved: Republic of Cyprus: 4,382 km; north Cyprus: 980 km
(2002/1996 est.)

Ports and harbors:
Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Vasilikos

Merchant marine:
total: 972 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 22,016,374 GRT/35,760,004 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 384, cargo 248, chemical tanker 45, container
125, liquefied gas 4, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 19, petroleum
tanker 103, refrigerated cargo 19, roll on/roll off 12, vehicle
carrier 5
foreign-owned: 899 (Austria 2, Belgium 1, Canada 10, China 8,
Croatia 3, Cuba 5, Egypt 1, Estonia 3, France 1, Germany 236, Greece
396, Hong Kong 2, India 2, Iran 2, Israel 3, Japan 18, Latvia 7,
Monaco 1, Netherlands 12, Norway 14, Philippines 1, Poland 20,
Portugal 2, Russia 56, Singapore 2, Slovenia 4, South Korea 1, Spain
4, Sweden 6, Switzerland 4, Syria 2, Ukraine 3, UAE 11, United
Kingdom 24, United States 31, Vietnam 1)
registered in other countries: 54 (2005)

Airports:
17 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports -