Italy Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 20,085 km total; 16,140 km 1.435-meter government-owned standard gauge, 8,812 km electrified, 3,945 km privately owned—2,100 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 1,155 km electrified, and 1,845 km 0. 950-meter narrow gauge, 380 km electrified

Highways: 294,410 km total; autos—trade 5,900 km, state highways 45,170 km, provincial highways 101,680 krn, communal highways 141,660 km, 260,500 km concrete, bituminous, or stone block, 26,900 km gravel and crushed stone, 7,010 km earth

Inland waterways: 1,600 km for various types of commercial traffic

Pipelines: crude oil, 1,703 km; refined products, 2,148 km; natural gas, 16,660 km

Ports: 9 major, 11 secondary, 40 minor

Civil air: 132 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 148 total, 141 usable; 84 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 34 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 38 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: well engineered, well constructed, and efficiently operated; 23 million telephones (40.4 per 100 popl.); 140 AM, 1,837 FM, 1,367 TV stations; 20 submarine cables; 2 communication satellite ground stations with a total of 6 antennas

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