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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 170
38,400 (2011)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 194
65,000 (2011)
Telephone system
General assessment
Modern automatic telephone system Domestic Modern system with microwave radio relay connections between exchanges International Country code - 376; landline circuits to France and Spain Broadcast media
1 public TV station and 2 public radio stations; about 10 commercial radio stations; good reception of radio and TV broadcasts from stations in France and Spain; upgraded to terrestrial digital TV broadcasting in 2007; roughly 25 international TV channels available (2010) Internet country code
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Internet hosts World Ranking: 108
28,131 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 170
67,100 (2009)
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Andorra (Andorra La Vella):
 
GPS points from Andorra (Andorra La Vella)
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For 715 years, from 1278 to 1993, Andorrans lived under a unique co-principality, ruled by French and Spanish leaders (from 1607 onward, the French chief of state and the Spanish bishop of Seu d'Urgell). In 1993, this feudal system was modified with the titular heads of state retained, but the government transformed into a parliamentary democracy. For decades Andorra enjoyed its status as a small refuge of fiscal and banking freedom and benefitted from Spanish and French tourists attracted to the country's duty-free shopping. The situation has changed in recent years as Andorra started to tax foreign investment and other sectors. Tourism accounts for over 80% of Andorra's gross domestic product.