Tajikistan--Communications

CIA FactbookThe World Factbook 1993: Tajikistan Communications

Railroads: 480 km; does not include industrial lines (1990)

Highways: 29,900 km total (1990); 21,400 km hard surfaced, 8,500 km earth

Pipelines: natural gas 400 km (1992)

Airports: total: 58 useable: 30 with permanent-surface runways: 12 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 13

Telecommunications: poorly developed and not well maintained; many towns are not reached by the national network; telephone density in urban locations is about 100 per 1000 persons; linked by cable and microwave to other CIS republics, and by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; satellite earth stations - 1 orbita and 2 INTELSAT (TV receive-only; the second INTELSAT earth station provides TV receive-only service from Turkey)