Colombia Communications

Country Name: Republic of Colombia

Capital City: Bogota

Population: 43,593,035 (July 2006)

Population Growth: 1.46% (2006 est.)

Currency: Colombian peso (COP)

Languages: Spanish

Area: 1,138,910 sq km

Inflation Rate: 4.3% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 11.1% (2006)

Domain extension: .co

COMMUNICATIONS OF COLOMBIA

Telephones - main lines in use:

7,678,800 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

21.85 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 454, FM 34, shortwave 27 (1999)

Television broadcast stations:

60 (1997)

Internet country code:

.co

Internet hosts:

581,877 (2006)

Internet users:

4.739 million (2005)

International dialing code: