Jordan Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 817 km 1.050-meter gauge, single track

Highways: 6,332 km total; 4,837 km paved, 1,495 km gravel and crushed stone

Pipelines: crude oil, 209 km

Ports: 1 major (Al ‘Aqabah)

Civil air: 28 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 21 total, 19 usable; 14 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: adequate system of radio-relay, cable, and radio; 81,500 telephones (3 per 100 popl.); 3 AM, 2 FM, 24 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station, 1 Indian Ocean satellite station; 1 Arab satellite station; coaxial cable and radio-relay to Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria; radio-relay to Lebanon inactive

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