Lebanon Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 390 km total; 305 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 85 km 1.050-meter gauge; all single track; system almost inoperable

Highways: 7,370 km total; 6,270 km paved, 450 km gravel and crushed stone, 650 km improved earth

Pipelines: crude oil, 72 km

Ports: 3 major (Beirut, Tripoli, Sidon), 5 minor

Civil air: 28 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 10 total, 9 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m major military airfields are Riyaq, Kleiat, and al-Fidar Air Strip

Telecommunications: rebuilding program disrupted; had fair system of radio relay, cable; approx 150,400 telephones (5.0 per 100 popl.); 3 FM, 5 AM, 15 TV stations; I Indian Ocean and I Atlantic Ocean statellite station, both inactive; 3 submarine coaxial cable (inactive); radio-relay to Jordan and Syria inoperable

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