Tunisia Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 2,089 km total; 503 1.435-meter km standard gauge: 1,586 km 1.000-meter gauge, 18 km 1.000-meter gauge double track

Highways- 17,700 km total; 9,UK) km bituminous; 8,600 km improved and unimproved earth

Pipelines: 'KT km crude oil; 86 km refined products; 742 km natural gas

Ports: 5 major, 11 minor; 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants terminal

Civil air: 19 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 29 total, 27 usable; 13 with permanent-surface runways; 6 with runways 2.440-3,659 m; 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: the system is above the African average; facilities consist of open-wire lines, multiconductor cable, and radio relay; key centers are §af3qis, Stisah, Bizerte, and Tflnis; 232,000 telephones (3.4 per 100 popl.); 18 AM, 4 FM, 14 TV stations; 4 submarine cables, ARABSAT satellite back-up control station under construction; coaxial cable to Algeria; radio-relay to Algeria, Libya, and Italy

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