United Arab Emirates Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: none

Highways: 2,000 km total; 1 800 km bituminous, 200 km gravel and graded earth

Pipelines. 830 km crude oil; 870 km natural gas, including natural gas liquids

Ports: 7 major, 25 minor

Civil air. 4 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 42 total, 31 usable; 19 with permanent-surface runways; 5 with runways over 3,659 m. 4 with runways 2.440-3,659 m, 6 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications: adequate system of radio-relay and coaxial cable, key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubayy; 281,000 telephones (25 0 per 100 popl.); 8 AM 3 FM, 9 TV stations; 3 INTELSAT stations with 1 Atlantic and 2 Indian Ocean antennas; Arab satellite station under construction; submarine cable to Qatar and Bahrain; planed sul>-marine cables to India and Pakistan; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; radio-relay to Saudi Arabia

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