Bhutan Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Highways: 1,304 km total; 418 km surfaced, 515 km improved, 371 km unimproved earth

Civil air: no major transport aircraft; in February 1983 Druk Air began direct flights between Paro and Calcutta

Airfields: 2 total; 2 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways. 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: facilities inadequate; 1,300 telephones (0.1 per lOOpopl.); 11,000 est. radio sets, no TV sets; 20 AM stations; no TV stations

NOTE: The information regarding Bhutan on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bhutan 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bhutan 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.