Kuwait Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: none

Highways: 2 600 km total; 2,300 krn bituminous; 300 km earth sand, light gravel

Pipelines: crude oil, 877 km; refined products, 40 km; natural gas. 121 km

Ports: 3 major (Ash Shuwaykh, Ash Shu’aybah, Mina’ al Abmadi), 6 minor

Civil air: 26 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 9 total, 4 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m

Telecommunications: excellent international and adequate domestic telecommunication facilities; 258,000 telephones (16 per 100 popJ.); 2 AM, 2 FM, 3 TV stations; 1 In dian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite stations, 1 INMARSAT satellite station; 1 Arab satellite station; coaxial cable and radio-relay to Iraq and Saudi Arabia

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