Oman Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: none

Highways: 16,900 km total; 2,200 km bituminous surface, 14,700 km motorable track

Pipelines: crude oil 1,300 km; natural gas 1,030 km

Ports: 2 major (Mina’ Qabus, Mina’

Raysut), 5 minor

Civil air 26 major transport aircraft, including multinationally owned Gulf Air Fleet

Airfields: 125 total, 119 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 4 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 58 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: fair system of openwire, radio-relay, and radio communications stations; 23,000 telephones (2.2 per 100 popl.); 3 AM, 3 FM, 11 TV stations; 1 Indian Ocean satellite station, 8 domestic satellite stations, 1 Arab satellite station

Defense f orces

Branches. Army, Navy, Air Force, Royal

Oman Police

Military manpower: males 15-49,285,000; 162,000 fit for military service

Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1985, $2,075 billion; 37.4% of central government budget

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