Yemen's Democratic Republic of (South Yemen) Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: none

Highways: 5,600 km total; 1,700 km bituminous treated, 630 km crushed stone and gravel, 3,270 km motorable track

Pipelines: refined products, 32 km

Ports: 1 major (Aden), 5 minor

Civil air: 9 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 41 total, 30 usable; 7 with permanent-surface runways; 10 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: small system of openwire, radio-relay, multiconductor cable, and radio communications stations; only center Aden; estimated 15,000 telephones (0.6 per KM) popl.); 1 AM, no FM, 5 TV stations, I Indian Ocean satellite antenna, tropospheric scatter to North Yemen

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