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==Communications of Belgium==
==Communications of Belgium==


*Airports: 41 (2013)
*Telephones - main lines in use: 4.631 million (2012)
:country comparison to the world: 102
:country comparison to the world: 33


*Airports - with paved runways:
*Telephones - mobile cellular: 12.88 million (2012)
:total: 26
country comparison to the world: 67
:over 3,047 m: 6
:2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
:1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
:914 to 1,523 m: 1
:under 914 m: 8 (2013)


*Airports - with unpaved runways:
*Telephone system:
:total: 15
:general assessment: highly developed, technologically advanced, and completely automated domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities
:under 914 m:  
:domestic: nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system; extensive cable network; limited microwave radio relay network
:15 (2013)
:international: country code - 32; landing point for a number of submarine cables that provide links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; :satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat - 3) (2007)


*Heliports: 1 (2013)
*Broadcast media:
:a segmented market with the three major communities (Flemish, French, and German-speaking) each having responsibility for their own broadcast media; multiple TV channels exist for each community; additionally, in excess of 90% of households are connected to cable and can access broadcasts of TV stations from neighboring countries; each community has a public radio network co-existing with private broadcasters (2007)


*Pipelines: gas 3,139 km; oil 154 km; refined products 535 km (2013)
*Internet country code: .be


*Railways:
*Internet hosts: 5.192 million (2012)
:total: 3,233 km
:country comparison to the world: 21
:country comparison to the world: 55
:standard gauge: 3,233 km 1.435-m gauge (2,950 km electrified) (2008)
 
*Roadways:
:total: 154,012 km
:country comparison to the world: 31
:paved: 120,514 km (includes 1,756 km of expressways)
:unpaved: 33,498 km (2010)
 
*Waterways: 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2012)
:country comparison to the world: 42
 
*Merchant marine:
:total: 87
:country comparison to the world: 56
:by type: bulk carrier 23, cargo 15, chemical tanker 5, container 4, liquefied gas 23, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 7;
:foreign-owned: 15 (Denmark 4, France 7, Russia 1, UK 2, US 1)
:registered in other countries: 107 (Bahamas 6, Cambodia 1, Cyprus 3, France 7, Gibraltar 1, Greece 17, Hong Kong 26, Liberia 1, Luxembourg 11, Malta 7, Marshall Islands 1, Mozambique 2, North Korea 1, Panama 1, Portugal 8, Russia 4, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7, Singapore 1, Vanuatu 1) (2010)
 
*Ports and terminals:
:major seaport(s): Oostende, Zeebrugge
:river port(s): Antwerp, Gent (Schelde River); Brussels (Senne River); Liege (Meuse River)
:container port(s) (TEUs): Antwerp (8,664,243), Zeebrugge (2,207,257) (2011)
:LNG terminal(s) (import): Zeebrugge


==Transportation of Belgium==
==Transportation of Belgium==

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