Niger Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: none

Highways. 36,500 km total; 2 800 km bituminous, 10,700 km gravel and laterite, 23,000 km tracks

Inland waterways: Niger River navigable 300 km from Niamey to Gas a on the Benin frontier from mid December through March

Civil air: 3 major transport aircraft

Airjxelds: 63 total, 58 usable, 7 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 18 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: small system of wire and radio-relay links concentrated in southwestern area; 9,800 telephones (0.2 per 100 popl.); 9 AM, 2 FM, 12 TV stations; 2 Atlan tic Ocean satellite stations, 4 domestic antennas

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