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Average cost of local call	0.1		[48th of 151]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	1		[76th of 77]
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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	1		[54th of 72]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	4		[52nd of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Cinema attendance	4,900,000		[47th of 78]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
DVD region	5		[48th of 171]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003
Households with television > %	6.82 %		[128th 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: Amazon.com
Mobile phone subscribers	572,200		[116th 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 and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	15,000		[81st of 90]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	4		[86th of 106]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Number of PCs	29		[143rd of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Phone subscribers	11.37		[164th 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 17, shortwave 3
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radio receivers	370,000		[139th of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	394,020		[140th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telephone system > Regulation	1999
DEFINITION: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Television broadcast stations	1		[15th of 89]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database
Television receivers	100,000		[131st of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Televisions	131,340		[126th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Website defacements	1		[124th of 129]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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