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<text id=93CT0666>
<title>
Iran--Communications
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Iran
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 4,852 km total; 4,760 km 1.432-meter gauge, 92 km
1.676-meter gauge; 480 km under construction from Bafq to Bandar-e
Abbas, rail construction from Bafq to Sirjan has been completed and
is operational; section from Sirjan to Bandar-e Abbas still under
construction
</p>
<p>Highways: 140,200 km total; 42,694 km paved surfaces; 46,866 km
gravel and crushed stone; 49,440 km improved earth; 1,200 km (est.)
rural road network
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 904 km; the Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by
maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3
meters and is in use
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 5,900 km; petroleum products 3,900 km; natural
gas 4,550 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Abadan (largely destroyed in fighting during 1980-88 war),
Bandar Beheshti, Bandar-e Abbas, Bandar-e Bushehr, Bandar-e Khomeyni,
Bandar-e Torkeman (Caspian Sea port), Khorramshahr (repaired after
being largely destroyed in fighting during 1980-88 war) has been in
limited operation since November 1992
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 135 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,480,726
GRT/8,332,593 DWT; includes 39 cargo, 6 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 32
oil tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 3 refrigerated cargo, 48 bulk, 2
combination bulk, 1 liquefied gas
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 219</l>
<l> usable: 194</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 83</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 16</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 20</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 70</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: microwave radio relay extends throughout
country; system centered in Tehran; 2,143,000 telephones (35
telephones per 1,000 persons); broadcast stations - 77 AM, 3 FM, 28
TV; satellite earth stations - 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Indian
Ocean INTELSAT; HF radio and microwave radio relay to Turkey,
Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; submarine fiber
optic cable to UAE
</p></body></article></text>