Argentina Communications

Country Name: Argentine Republic

Capital City: Buenos Aires

Population: 39,921,833 (2006)

Population Growth: 0.96% (2006)

Currency: Argentine peso (ARS)

Languages: Spanish

Area: 2,766,890 sq km

Inflation Rate: 9.8% (2006)

Unemployment Rate: 11.6% (2005)

Domain extension: .ar

COMMUNICATIONS OF ARGENTINA

Telephones - main lines in use:

8.8 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

22.1 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 260 (including 10 inactive stations), FM NA (probably more than 1,000, mostly unlicensed), shortwave 6 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:

42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)

Internet country code:

.ar

Internet hosts:

1,612,423 (2006)

Internet users:

10 million (2005)

International dialing code: