Morocco Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 1,785 km 1.435-met er standard gauge, 161 km double track; 708 km electrified

Highways: 58,000 km total; 25,750 km bituminous treated, 32 250 km gravel, crushed stone, improved earth, and unimproved earth

Pipelines: 362 km crude oil: 491 km (aban doned) refined products; 241 km natural'gas

Ports: 10 major (including

Spanish-controlled Ceuta and Melilla), 14 minor

Civil air: 19 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 79 total, 75 usable; 26 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 14 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 29 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications: good system composed of wire lines, cables, and radio-relay links; principal centers Casablanca and Rabat, secondary centers Fes, Marrakech, Oujda, Tangier and Tetouan; 270,100 telephones (1.3 per 100 popl.); 14 AM, 6 FM, 47 TV stations; 5 submarine cables; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite stations; radio-relay to Gibraltar, Spain, and Western Sahara; coaxial cable to Algeria

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