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Communications
Railroads: 4,146 km total; 2,632 km standard gauge (1.435 m),
1,258 km 1.055-meter gauge, 256 km 1.000-meter gauge;
300 km electrified; 215 km double track.
Highways: 80,000 km total; 60,000 km concrete or bituminous,
20,000 km gravel, crushed stone, unimproved earth.
Pipelines: crude oil, 6,612 km; refined products, 298 km;
natural gas, 2,948 km.
Ports: Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Jijel, Mers el Kebir,
Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda.
Merchant marine: 75 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 900,957
GRT/1,063,994 DWT; includes 5 passenger, 27 cargo, 2 vehicle
carrier, 10 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 petroleum, oils, and
lubricants (POL) tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 7 chemical tanker,
9 bulk, 1 specialized liquid cargo.
Civil air: 42 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 147 total, 136 usable; 53 with permanent-surface
runways; 2 with runways over 3,660 m; 29 with runways 2,440-3,659
m; 68 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: excellent domestic and international
service in the north, sparse in the south; 693,000 telephones;
stations--26 AM, no FM, 113 TV; 1,550,000 TV sets; 3,500,000
receiver sets; 6 submarine cables; coaxial cable or radio
relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; satellite
earth stations--1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Indian Ocean
INTELSAT, 1 Intersputnik, 1 ARABSAT, and 15 domestic.