Thailand Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 3,940 km 1.000-meter gauge, 99 km double track

Highways: 44,534 km total; 28,016 km paved, 5,132 km earth surface, 11,386 km under development

Inland waterways: 3,999 km principal waterways; 3,701 km with navigable depths of 0.9 m or more throughout the year; numerous minor waterways navigable by shallowdraft native craft

Pipelines: natural gas, 350 km; refined products, 67 km

Ports: 2 major, 16 minor

Civil air: 30 (plus 2 leased) major transport aircraft

Airfields: 131 total, 104 usable; 57 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 13 with runways 2,410-3,659 m, 27 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications: service to general public adequate; bulk of service to government activities provided by multichannel cable and radio-relay network, satellite ground station; domestic satellite system being developed; 496,558 telephones (1.1 per 100 popl.); approx. 150 AM, 20 FM, 10 TV transmitters in government-controlled networks

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