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Average cost of local call	0.01		[150th of 151]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	21		[49th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	8		[50th of 72]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	42		[49th of 77]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	2		[65th of 73]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Cinema attendance	416,000		[70th of 78]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	46.04 per 1,000 people		[150th of 193]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003
Households with television > %	79.46 %		[72nd of 160]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	265,000		[133rd of 198]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Phone subscribers	36.16		[142nd of 178]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Radio broadcast stations	AM 8, FM 10, shortwave 2
Radio receivers	850,000		[114th of 188]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Radios	1,291,000		[99th of 221]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telephone system > Domestic the domestic telecommunications network has historically been under funded and poorly maintained; main line availability has not changed significantly since 1998; cellular telephone use is growing but geographic coverage remains limited
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telephone system > International country code - 992; linked by cable and microwave radio relay to other CIS republics and by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; Dushanbe linked by Intelsat to international gateway switch in Ankara (Turkey); satellite earth stations - 3 (2 Intelsat and 1 Orbita)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telephones > Main lines in use	280,200		[103rd of 174]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telephones > Mobile cellular	265,000		[139th of 186]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television broadcast stations	6		[21st of 89]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television receivers	20,000		[168th of 185]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Televisions	820,000		[87th of 215]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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