Iraq Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 2,145 km total; 1,645 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 520 km 1.000-meter gauge

Highways: 20,800 km total; 6,490 km paved, 4,654 km improved earth, 9,656 km unimproved earth

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Inland waterways: 1,015 km; Shatt al Arab navigable by maritime traffic for about 104 km (closed since September 1980 because of Iran-Iraq war); Tigris and Euphrates naviga ble by shallow-draft steamers (of little importance); Shatt al Basrah canal navigable by shallow-draft vessels

Ports: 3 major (Al Basrah [closed], Umm Qa?r Al Faw); none in operation due to war

Pipelines: crude oil, 3,950 km; 725 km refined products; 1,360 km natural gas

Civil air: 16 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 103 total, 94 usable; 56 with permanent-surface runways; 6 with runways over 3,659 m, 50 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: good network consists of coaxial cables radio-relay links, and radiocommunication stations; about 632,000 telephones (4.3 per 100 popl.); 9 AM, no FM, 81 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean, 1 Indian Ocean, and 1 Intersputnik satellite station; coaxial cable and radio-relay to Kuwait, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey

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