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Average cost of local call	0.02		[125th of 151]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	1		[44th of 77]
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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	34		[52nd of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	5		[42nd of 73]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Cinema attendance	250,000		[74th of 78]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
DVD region	2		[131st of 171]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003
Fax machines	1.54 per 1,000 people		[60th of 103]
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Households with television > %	79.16 %		[71st of 160]
DEFINITION: Households with television are the share of households with a television set. Some countries report only the number of households with a color television set, and therefore the true number may be higher than reported.		View time series
SOURCE: The Information for Development Program
Mobile phone subscribers	1,333,225		[89th of 198]
DEFINITION: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Newspapers	5		[49th of 67]
DEFINITION: Daily newspapers
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	5		[72nd of 106]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003		View time series
Number of PCs	118		[111st of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Phone subscribers	213.44		[98th of 178]
DEFINITION: Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
SOURCE: ITU
Radio broadcast stations	AM 3, FM 9, shortwave 2
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radio receivers	1,400,000		[96th of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	1,400,000		[96th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Television broadcast stations	13		[7th of 89]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Television receivers	1,600,000		[67th of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Televisions	1,600,000		[69th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Website defacements	4		[87th of 129]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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