Bulgaria Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 4,278 km total; all government owned (1983); about 4,033 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 245 km narrow gauge; 770 km double track; 1,994 km electrified

Highways: 36,292 km total; 2,923 km trunk roads, 3,740 km class I concrete, asphalt, stone block; 5,915 km class II asphalt treated, gravel, crushed stone; 20,064 km class III earth; 3,650 km other (1983)

Inland waterways 471 km (1981)

Pipelines: crude, 193 km; refined product, 418 km; natural gas, 1,120 km

Freight carried: rail—83.4 million metric tons, 18.1 billion metric ton/km (1985); highway—900 million metric tons, 16.9 billion metric ton/km (1985); waterway—4.9 million metric tons, 2.6 billion metric ton/km (excluding international transit traffic; 1985)

Ports: 3 major (Varna, Varna West, Burgas), 6 minor (1981); principal river ports are Ruse and Lorn (1984)

NOTE: The information regarding Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulgaria 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.