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<text id=93CT1167>
<title>
Qatar--Communications
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Qatar
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Highways: 1,500 km total; 1,000 km paved, 500 km gravel or
natural surface (est.)
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 235 km, natural gas 400 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Doha, Umm Sa'id, Halul Island
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 390,072
GRT/593,508 DWT; includes 13 cargo, 4 container, 2 oil tanker, 1
refrigerated cargo
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 4</l>
<l> usable: 4</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 1</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 1</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 2</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: modern system centered in Doha; 110,000
telephones; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio
relay to Saudi Arabia and UAE; submarine cable to Bahrain and
UAE; satellite earth stations - 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 1
Indian Ocean INTELSAT, 1 ARABSAT; broadcast stations - 2 AM, 3
FM, 3 TV
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