Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: none

Highways: 4,000 km total; 1, 775 km bituminous; 500 km crushed stone and gravel;

1,725 km earth, sand, and light gravel

Ports: 1 major (Al Rudaydah), 3 minor

Civil air: 9 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 20 total, 14 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications-system poor but improving; new radio-relay and cable networks; 50,000 telephones (0.9 per 100 popl.); 3 AM, no FM, 5 TV stations; I Indian Ocean, 1 Atlantic Ocean, and 1 Arab satellite station; tropospheric scatter to South Yemen

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