16-45  Level of Post and Telecommunication Services                        
             
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Post and Communication Level        
      Average Area Served by Every
          Post Office                                          (sq.km)  144.0 135.3 168.0 123.8 148.8
      Average People Served by Every Post office 
(10 000 persons) 1.87 1.70 2.20 1.70 2.02
      Annual Average Number of Letters                          
         Mailed per Capita                                   (piece) 4.90 6.40 6.90 8.30 8.08
      Annual Average Number of Newspaper and       
         Magazine Subscribed per 100 Persons     (piece)                                                                     20.0 16.4 17.2 13.9 12.9
      Percentage of Townships with Post and         
         Telecommunication Offices                    (%) 79.4 78.7 77.6 81.9 82.8
      Percentage of Administrative Village with Post       
         Communication                                       (%)   94.45 97.80 97.98
Communication Level of Telecommunications
      Number of County (City) Covered by GSM 2025 2813
      Number of County (City) Covered by CDMA 2012 2142
      Number of Country (Territory) Roamed through
           Mobile Telephone                             (unit) 90 116 155
      Popularization Rate of Mobile Telephone 
                                                   (sets/100 persons) 3.50 6.77 11.20 16.10 21.02
      Popularization Rate of Telephone 
                                                   (sets/100 persons) 13.00 20.10 25.90 33.60 42.16
      Per 1 000 Person Public Telephone        (Sets)  0.22 0.27 7.70 12.16
      Percentage of Administrative Village with 
         Telephone                                              (%)   82.90 85.30 87.90 89.94