Western Sahara - Communications
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesWestern Sahara is located Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco. The climate is hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew. The terrain is mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast.
Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use : about 2,000 (1999 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 0 (1999)
Telephone system
This entry includes a brief general assessment of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entryTelephone system - general assessment : sparse and limited system
Telephone system - domestic : NA
Telephone system - international : country code - 212; tied into Morocco's system by microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) linked to Rabat, Morocco
Radio broadcast stations
This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.Radio broadcast stations : AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios
Radios : 56,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations
Television broadcast stations : NA
Televisions
Televisions : 6,000 (1997)
Internet country code
This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).Internet country code : .eh
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 1 (2000)
Internet users
This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.Internet users : NA
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