lead in freight volume (54.8 percent compared to 41.4 percent), private companies have a larger share if distance travelled (tons.km) is considered (50 percent compared to 43.4 percent). Both private and household businesses have been able to grow and increase their share in recent years, mainly at the expense of the declining collective sector. Telecommunication In 2009, there were 74.1 telephone subscribers per 100 inhabitants. The total number of subscriptions in the province was 1.1 million – a rapid increase from the 101,230 in 2005, most of which was contributed by mobile phones. The calling time has also increased rapidly in the same period, from 53 to 488 million minutes. The quality of telecommunications has received relatively good assessments, with 70.74 percent of respondents to a survey stating that it is good or very good. As of 2009, there were 28,919 Internet subscribers in Bình Định, up from 18,260 in 2008 and 8,716 in 2006. While telephones and Internet connections have become much more widespread, the number of letters and money telegrams sent has decreased from 119,000 in 2005 to 77,421 in 2009 and telegram services have been discontinued after 2007. Demography Bình Định had a population of 1.488 million in 2009, making it the most populous province of the South Central Coast. It has been growing slowly from 2000 to 2007 – at just 0.92% per year on average. As of 2009, 27.8% of the population live in urban areas, up from 19% in 1995 and 24.2% in 2000. More than 40% of the total population is concentrated in Quy Nhon and the two suburban districts of An Nhơn and Tuy Phước. There is another relatively large concentration in the northern Hoài Nhơn district with a population of 206,700 (2009) and a population density of 499/km2. Population density per km2 in the rest of the province range from 30 to 40 in Vân Canh, An Lão, and Vĩnh Thạnh to 982 in Quy Nhon. The eastern lowlands and Tây Sơn district are largely ethnically homogeneous. There are minorities of Bahnar people in the sparsely populated districts of An Lão, Vĩnh Thạnh and Vân Canh. Some H're people live in An Lão and some Cham in Vân Canh. Hoài Ân's population is mostly Kinh, but there are some remote communes that are dominated by Bahnar and H're people. Sights A number of towers built by the Cham are now significant