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<text id=93CT1413>
<title>
Tunisia--Communications
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Tunisia
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 2,115 km total; 465 km 1.435-meter (standard)
gauge; 1,650 km 1.000-meter gauge
</p>
<p>Highways: 17,700 km total; 9,100 km bituminous; 8,600 km
improved and unimproved earth
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 797 km, petroleum products 86 km, natural
gas 742 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Bizerte, Gabes, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis, La Goulette,
Zarzis
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 161,661
GRT/221,959 DWT; includes 1 short-sea passenger, 4 cargo, 2
roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 oil tanker, 6 chemical tanker, 1
liquefied gas, 6 bulk
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 29</l>
<l> usable: 26</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 13</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 0</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 7</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 7</l>
</list>
<p>note: a new airport opened 6 May 1993, length and type of
surface NA
</p>
<p>Telecommunications: the system is above the African average;
facilities consist of open-wire lines, coaxial cable, and
microwave radio relay; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte,
and Tunis; 233,000 telephones (28 telephones per 1,000 persons);
broadcast stations - 7 AM, 8 FM, 19 TV; 5 submarine cables;
satellite earth stations - 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 1
ARABSAT with back-up control station; coaxial cable and
microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya
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