Syria Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 1,543 km total; 1,281 km standard gauge, 262 km 1.050-meter narrow gauge

Highways: 16,939 km total; 12,051 km paved, 2,625 km gravel or crushed stone, 2,263 km improved earth

Inland waterways. 672 km; of little importance

Pipelines· 1,304 km crude oil; 515 km refined products

Ports: 3 major (Tartus, Latakia, Baniyas), 2 minor

Civil air: 14 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 95 total, 90 usable; 27 with permanent-surface runways; 21 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: fair system currently undergoing significant improvement;

512,600 telephones (5.3 per 100 popl.); 9

AM, no FM, 40 TV stations; 1 Indian Ocean satellite station; 1 Intersputnik satellite station under construction; 1 submarine cable; coaxial cable and radio-relay to Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon (inactive)

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