Israel Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 516 km 1.435-meter gauge single track; diesel operated

Highways: 4,500 km; majority is bituminous surfaced

Inland waterways: none

Pipelines: crude oil, 708 km; refined products, 290 km; natural gas, 89 km

Ports: 3 major (Haifa, Ashdod, Elat), 5 minor

Civil air: 26 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 66 total, 52 usable; 27 with permanent-surface runways; 6 with runways 2,440 3,659 m, 11 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: most highly developed in the Middle East though not the largest; good system of coaxial cable and radio relay; 1,500,000 telephones (34.7 per 100 popi); 11 AM, 24 FM, 54 TV stations; 2 submarine cables; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite stations; 1 Indian Ocean satellite station

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