lephones - main lines in use:
440,100 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.352 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: domestic and international facilities well
developed
domestic: NA
international: country code - 507; 1 coaxial submarine cable;
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to
the Central American Microwave System

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 101, FM 134, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:
815,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
38 (including repeaters) (1998)

Televisions:
510,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.pa

Internet hosts:
7,149 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
6 (2000)

Internet users:
300,000 (2005)

Transportation Panama

Airports:
117 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 53
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 18
under 914 m: 28 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 64
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 53 (2006)

Railways:
total: 355 km
standard gauge: 77 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 278 km 0.914-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 11,643 km
paved: 4,028 km
unpaved: 7,615 km (2000)

Waterways:
800 km (includes 82 km Panama Canal) (2005)

Merchant marine:
total: 5,473 ships (1000 GRT or over) 146,511,342 GRT/219,940,567
DWT
by type: barge carrier 1, bulk carrier 1,776, cargo 992, chemical
tanker 476, combination ore/oil 2, container 663, liquefied gas 193,
livestock carrier 7, passenger 49, passenger/cargo 77, petroleum
tanker 518, refrigerated cargo 299, roll on/roll off 123,
specialized tanker 23, vehicle carrier 274
foreign-owned: 4,922 (Anguilla 1, Argentina 9, Australia 3, Bahamas,
The 2, Belgium 11, Bermuda 1, Bulgaria 1, Canada 4, Chile 9, China
420, Colombia 5, Croatia 5, Cuba 11, Cyprus 14, Denmark 34, Egypt
16, Estonia 3, France 15, Gabon 1, Germany 35, Greece 524, Hong Kong
169, India 19, Indonesia 50, Iran 4, Ireland 2, Israel 6, Italy 15,
Japan 2007, Jordan 13, South Korea ( ( (291, Kuwait 2, Latvia 3,
Lebanon 2, Lithuania 5, Malaysia 13, Maldives 1, Malta 3, Mexico 5,
Monaco 9, Morocco 1, Netherlands 21, Nigeria 7, Norway 66, Pakistan
3, Peru 15, Philippines 13, Poland 15, Portugal 10, Qatar 1, Romania
9, Russia 7, Saudi Arabia 8, Singapore 67, South Africa 3, Spain 53,
Sri Lanka 5, Sudan 1, Sweden 5, Swi