Transportation+and+Communication+(Fatima)

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==== Transportation The roads are paved and they only link major cities, inland villages are connected by unpaved paths and waterways. One airline serves the Northern and Southern coasts. A railroad system extends from Dakar to the North and Mali to the East. Most people travel by public transportation such as buses, taxis or a minivan system because they don't own cars. <span style="color: #9635b6; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">There is only a total of 19 airports: ==== <span style="color: #9635b6; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">There is about 43 km of gas The amount of refined products is about 8 km. Railways 906 km narrow gauge: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">906 km 1.000 meter gauge Road ways 13,576 km paved 3,972 km unpaved <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">9,604 km Waterways 1,000 km Ports and terminals are mostly in Dakar
 * <span style="color: #9635b6; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">10 w/paved runways
 * <span style="color: #9635b6; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">9 w/out





Communication

<span style="color: #9635b6; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> The government sponsors a daily newspaper while other political parties sponsor weekly papers, an independent daily paper is also available. While most urban residents have access to information through print or television, villagers rely more on radio because they lack electricity and local postal services. Most people that live in cities have access to daily radio news broadcasts in local languages. Oral or written messages passed from person to person are an effective means of communication among villages.



Average amount of telephone mainlines in use 237,800 Average amount of cell phones 5.389 million Approximate amount of radio broadcast stations AM 8, FM 20, shortwave Approximate television broadcast stations 4 <span style="color: #9635b6; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Approximate amount of internet users 1.02 million

Senegal has enjoyed one of the most unrestricted press climates in the area, but journalists are regularly threatened and their media is often vandalised.

<span style="color: #9635b6; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The constitution guarantees media freedom. The government does not practice censorship, but self-censorship is caused by laws which prohibit reports that discredit the state. Nevertheless, the private media criticise the government frequently. Radio is an influential medium. Since the 1900s commercial and community stations have been growin. There is only about 20 daily newspapers. Foreign publications circulate freely and multichannel pay TV is readily available. BBC World Service and Radio France Internationale are available in Dakar.
 * <span style="color: #9635b6; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">[[image:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47199000/jpg/_47199730_-27.jpg width="226" height="170" caption="Man listens to radio during election time, February 2007, Dakar" link="@http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1064496.stm"]] ||

There were approximately one million internet users by 2009.

The press: Television: Radio: News agency: Biliography: code
 * Le Soleil - state-owned daily
 * Sud Quotidien - private daily
 * Le Quotidien - private daily
 * L'Observateur - private daily
 * Wal Fadjri L'Aurore - private daily
 * Radiodiffusion Television Senegalaise (RTS) - state-run national broadcaster, operates RTS1 and RTS2
 * Radiodiffusion Television Senegalaise (RTS) - state-run national broadcaster, operates Chaine Nationale and Chaine Internationale networks, the capital's Dakar FM, and several regional services
 * Sud FM - private, available in Dakar and other cities
 * Nostalgie - Dakar-based private station
 * Sept FM - private, Dakar station operated by Groupe Com 7
 * Walf FM - private, operated by Groupe Wal Fadjri
 * Radio Dunyaa - private
 * Radio Future Medias (RFM) - private
 * Presse Senegalaise - state-run

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