Iran Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 4,601 km total; 4,509 km 1 435-meter gauge, 92 km 1.676-meter gauge

Highways: 85,000 km total; 36,000 km gravel and crushed stone, 15,000 km improved earth, 19,000 km bitujninous and bituminous-treated surfaces, 15,000 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 904 km, excluding the Caspian Sea, 104 km on the Shatt al Arab (closed since September 1980 because of Iran-Iraq conflict); 3 inland coastal ports on Caspian Sea

Pipelines: crude oil, 5,900 km; refined products, 3 900 km; natural gas, 3,300 km

Ports: 5 major (Abadan [closed], Bandar-e ‘Abbas, Bandar-e Khomeynl, Bandar BeheshtI, and Bandar-e Bshehr), 12 minor (Khorramshahr closed)

Civil air: 59 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 165 total, 139 usable; 77 with permanent-surface runways; 14 with runways over 3,659 m, 16 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 67 with runways 1,2202,439 m

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