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Read Ebook: The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States Central Intelligence Agency
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oods, automobiles, insecticides, soybeans
Imports - partners:
Brazil 26.7%, Argentina 16.3%, US 10.5%, Chile 9.5%, Peru 7.1%, China 4.8%
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
.722 billion country comparison to the world: 74 .318 billion
Debt - external:
.931 billion country comparison to the world: 102 .385 billion
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
.998 billion country comparison to the world: 87
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
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Exchange rates:
bolivianos per US dollar - 7.253 , 7.8616 , 8.0159 , 8.0661 , 7.9363
Communications ::Bolivia
Telephones - main lines in use:
Telephones - mobile cellular:
Telephone system:
general assessment: privatization begun in 1995; reliability has steadily improved; new subscribers face bureaucratic difficulties; most telephones are concentrated in La Paz and other cities; mobile-cellular telephone use expanding rapidly; fixed-line teledensity of 7 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density slighly exceeds 50 per 100 persons
domestic: primary trunk system, which is being expanded, employs digital microwave radio relay; some areas are served by fiber-optic cable; mobile cellular systems are being expanded
international: country code - 591; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77
Television broadcast stations:
Internet country code:
.bo
Internet hosts:
Internet users:
Transportation ::Bolivia
Airports:
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 16
over 3,047 m: 3
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 936
over 3,047 m: 1
under 914 m: 687
Pipelines:
gas 4,883 km; liquid petroleum gas 47 km; oil 2,475 km; refined products 1,589 km
Railways:
total: 3,504 km country comparison to the world: 50 narrow gauge: 3,504 km 1.000-m gauge
Roadways:
total: 62,479 km country comparison to the world: 71 paved: 3,749 km
unpaved: 58,730 km
Waterways:
Merchant marine:
total: 23 country comparison to the world: 93 by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 11, carrier 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 7, refrigerated cargo 1, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 7
Ports and terminals:
Puerto Aguirre ; Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay
Military ::Bolivia
Military branches:
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