Nigeria Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 3.505 km 1.067 meter gauge

Highways: 107,990 km total 30,019 km pas ed (mostly bituminous surface treatment), 25,411 km laterite, gravel, crushed stone, improved earth; 52,560 km unimproved

Inlund waterways: 8,575 km consisting of Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks

Pipelines: 2,042 km crude oil; 120 km natural gas; 3,000 km refined products

Ports: 6 major iLagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Warri, Onne, Sapele), 9 minor

Civil air: 72 major tiansport aircraft

Airfields: 89 total, 85 usable; 30 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 14 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: above-average system limited by poor maintenance; major expansion in progress, radio· relay and cable routes, 155,000 telephones (0.2 per 100 popl.); 37 AM, 9 FM, 3 4 TV stations; satellite station with Atlantic and Indian Ocean antennas, domestic satellite system with 19 stations; 1 coaxial submarine cable

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