German Democratic Republic Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 14,226 km total (1984); 13,933 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (1984), 293 km 1.000-meter or other narrow gauge, 3,830 (est.) km 1.435-meter double track standard gauge; 2,321 km overhead electrified (1984)

Highways: 120,433 km total; 47,380 km concrete, asphalt, stone block, of which 1,887 km are autobahn and limited access roads, over 73,000 km asphalt treated, gravel, crushed stone, and earth (1983)

Inland waterways: 2,319 km (1984)

Freight carried: rail—338 million metric tons, 56.654 billion metric ton/km (1984); highway—560.7 million metric tons, 14.491 billion metric ton/km (1984); waterway— 18.7 million metric tons, 2.642 billion metric ton/km (excluding international transit traffic) (1984)

Pipelines: oil, 1,301 km; refined products, 500 km; natural gas 1,700 km

Ports: 4 major (Rostock, Wismar. Stralsund, Sassnitz), 13 minor principal inland waterway ports are E Berlin, Riesa, Magdeburg, and Eisenhttenstadt

Telecommunications: 3.527 million telephones in use (1984)

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