Sudan Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads-5,516 km total; 4,800 km 1.067-meter gauge, 716 km 1 6096-meter gauge plantation line

Highways: 20.000 km total; 2.000 km bituminous treated, 4,000 km gravel, 2 304 km improved earth: remainder unimproved earth and track

Inland waterways: 5,310 km navigable

Pipelines: refined products, 815 km

Ports: 1 major (Port Sudan)

Civil air: 13 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 89 total, 77 usable; 9 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 29 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: large system by African standards, but barely adequate, consists of radio relay, cables, radio communications, and trojroscatter; domestic satellite system with 14 stations; 68,500 telephones (0.4 per 100 popl.); 4 AM, I FM 2 TV stations, I Atlantic Ocean satellite station

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