Nepal Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 169 km (1965), a)) 0.762-meter narrow gauge; al) in Terai close to Indian border; 10 km from Raxaul to Blrganj is government owned

Highways: 5,270 km total (1985); 2,322 km paved, 556 km gravel or crushed stone, 1,829 km improved and unimproved earth; additionally 241 km of seasonally motorable tracks

Civil air: 5 major and 11 minor transport aircraft

Airfields:38 total, 38 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: poor telephone and telegraph service; fair radiocommunication and broadcast service; international radiocommunication service is poor; 10,000 telephones (less than 0.1 per 100popl.);3 AM, no FM or TV stations

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